This book is part of a book series called Take Along Guides .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

This book was published 2002 by Northword Press .

Mel Boring is the author of a number of nonfiction picture books, as well as a novel. He lives in Rockford, Iowa, with his family. John Himmelman is the author and illustrator of more than seventy-five books for children, including the Bunjitsu Bunny books, The Cow Said Meow , Chickens to the Rescue , and Duck to the Rescue . He lives in Connecticut with his artist wife, Betsy.