This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2005 by Simon & Schuster .

Darice Bailer is the author of more than 60 children's books, including Comes a Little Light , several titles in the Our Great States series, and the Parents' Choice Gold Award-winning Puffin's Homecoming: The Story of an Atlantic Puffin . A former writer for The New York Times , she lives in Kansas with her husband. To learn more, visit daricebailer. com.