This book was recognised by the Texas Reading List.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

This book was published 2000 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Ying-Hwa Hu is married to Cornelius van Wright, and together they are a husband-wife illustration team. She was born in Taiwan, and now lives in New York City with her husband and two young children. Cynthia Leitich Smith is the acclaimed and best-selling author of Tantalize, Eternal and Blessed as well as Tantalize: Kieren's Story, a graphic novel illustrated by Ming Doyle. She lives in Austin, Texas.