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

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Greenwillow Books .

Lynne Rae Perkins was awarded the Newbery Medal for Criss Cross. She is the author of three other novels-All Alone in the Universe, As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth, and Nuts to You. Lynne Rae Perkins has also written and illustrated several picture books, including The Broken Cat; Snow Music, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and a Book Sense Top Ten Pick; Pictures from Our Vacation; and The Cardboard Piano. The author lives with her family in northern Michigan. Esme Raji Codell is the author of the bestselling Educating Esme , a memoir about her first year teaching in Chicago, as well as several books for children, including Sahara Special and Seed by Seed . You can visit her at PlanetEsme. Blogspot. com.