This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Turtleback Books .

Jane Langton has retold the legend with her usual lucidity and grace, and Ilse Plume, an Italophile and the illustrator of three previous Godine books, has supplied illustrations that glow with the intensity of Renaissance jewelry. A perfect gift for anyone who embraces the relationship between man and the natural world.