This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Buckaroo Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award. It also was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Parents' Choice Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

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 2008 by Farrar Straus Giroux .

Artist Pierre Pratt was born in Montreal in 1962. His distinctive and colorful paintings and illustrations have been featured in a variety of children's books and magazines. Emily Jenkins writes books for both adults and children. She has a doctorate in English literature from Columbia and reviews children's books for The New York Times . She teaches a course in writing for children at New York University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.