Junior Library Guild Selection
No. of pages 272
Published: 2008
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This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.
There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Simon & Schuster .
Julia Kuo is the creator of 20 Ways to Draw a Cat and 44 Other Awesome Animals as well as the charming board book Everyone Eats . Julia also created the cover and interior artwork for Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata's The Thing About Luck and Place I Belong and New York Times bestselling author Jenny Han's Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream . She lives in Chicago.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards
This book was recognised in the Blue Spruce Award category by the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards.
Newbery Award
This book was recognised by the Newbery Award. The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Young Reader's Choice Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 7-9 category by the Young Reader's Choice Award.
Nene Award
This book was recognised by the Nene Award.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award.