This book was recognised in the What's the Story category by the Coventry Inspiration Book Award. It was recognised by the Kate Greenaway Medal Award. The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded by childrens librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.

There are 24 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 2014 by Albury Books .

Elena Odriozola has had over 55 books published in her native Spain. Before turning to children's illustration, she worked in advertising. Tom Macrae is best known as a BAFTA-winning scriptwriter for television. His work has been shown on both Channel 4 and BBC, including three episodes for the new BBC series of Doctor Who. This is his first children's book. SUSAN CHANDLER was born in Southampton and moved to London to attend the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has written many children's books, including Vegetable Glue, Ingenious Jean, Who's in the Zoo and illustrates for The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. SANJA RESCEK has illustrated many boks for children including the successful My Little Box of Bedtime Rhymes.