This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Greenwillow Books .

Dan Yaccarino is the author and illustrator of Unlovable and The Birthday Fish . He has illustrated many books for children, including Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to the Moon! and is the creator and producer of the animated series Oswald . Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of Habibi: A Novel and Sitti's Secrets, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.