This book was published by Turtleback Books .

Mary Jane Begin is the illustrator for several children's books including A Mouse Told His Mother, Little Mouse's Painting, and The Porcupine Mouse. She has also done advertising and merchandising work for Hasbro, Milton Bradley, See's Candies, Franklin Mint, Celestial Seasonings, Disney, and many other companies, and she is an instructor at Rhode Island School of Design.