This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Land of Enchantment Book Award. It was recognised by the Bluebonnet Award. It also was recognised in the Elementary category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award. It was recognised in the Junior category by the North Carolina Children's Book Award. Also it was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Americas Award. It was recognised in the Illustrator category by the Pura Belpre Honor for Illustration.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. 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 2003 by Lee & Low Books Inc .

Eve Bunting and David Diaz are the creators of Smoky Night, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal. They both live in Southern California.