There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

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. Julie Andrews Edwards is one of the real stars in the world of entertainment. As Julie Andrews, she is known and loved for her performances in The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins and The Princess Diaries. For over thirty years, she has been an author of children's books and has also brought out chosen books as part of The Julie Andrews Collection. Emma Walton Hamilton is Julie Andrews's daughter as well as her co-author. She too has firsthand experience of the theatre, as she is the founder and co-artistic director of the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York.