This book has been graded for interest at 3-6 years.

This book was published 2005 by Disney Press .

Pam Munoz Ryan is the recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature. She has written more than thirty books which have garnered, among countless accolades, the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Award, and the Schneider Family Award. Pam lives near San Diego. You can visit her at www. pammunozryan. com. Dennis Nolan is the author and illustrator of Dinosaur Dream , a Golden Kite Honor Book selection. He also created The Skywriter , Sea of Dreams , and Hunters of the Great Forest for Roaring Brook Press. He lives in Massachusetts with author-illustrator Lauren Mills.