There are 36 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Amazon Publishing .

Gennady Spirin was born near Moscow in the former Soviet Union. His delicate watercolour illustrations echo the great masters of the Renaissance. Mr. Spirin has received four gold medals from the Society of Illustrators, the Golden Apple from the Bratislava International Biennale, First Prize at both the Bologna and Barcelona International Book Fairs, and has appeared on The New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year list four times. Mr. Spirin lives with his wife and three sons in New Jersey. Mr. Spirin's other works include, The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend by Aaron Shepard, Once There Was a Tree by Natalia Romanova, and The Crane Wife by Odds Bodkin. Margery Cuyler has written stories ever since she learned how to write. A children's book editor and author for more than twenty years, she now lives with her family in Princeton, USA, in a house that's said to be haunted by a ghost. S. D. Schindler is a popular and versatile illustrator of many books for children. He lives in Philadelphia, USA.