This book has been graded for interest at 4-7 years.

This book was published 2007 by Weston Woods Press (CT) .

Freeman's artistic talent was given a boost by his grandmother who presented him Fred Marcellino's picture books include Puss in Boots, a Caldecott Honor Book; The Steadfast Tin Soldier, an ALA Booklist Children's Editors' Choice; and The Pelican Chorus, one of School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year. Marcellino died in 2001.