This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award. It was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award. It also was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Delaware Diamonds Award. It was recognised in the Illustrator category by the Connecticut Book Award. Also it was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Parents' Choice Award. It was recognised by the Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award.

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

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell Minor include The Wolves Are Back; Luck; Everglades; Arctic Son; Morning, Noon, and Night; and Galapagos George. Wendell Minor has illustrated numerous award-winning picture books, including Reaching for the Moon by Buzz Aldrin, Galapagos George by Jean Craighead George, and If You Were a Panda Bear by his wife, Florence Minor. Mr. Minor's art has been exhibited at the Norman Rockwell Museum, among other prestigious institutions throughout the country. He lives in rural Connecticut with Florence and their two cats. Wendell Minor is the illustrator of many award-winning picture books for children, including Robert Burleigh's Abraham Lincoln Comes Home , If You Spend a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond and Edward Hopper Paints His World , as well as the New York Times-bestselling Reaching for the Moon by Buzz Aldrin. He lives in Washington, Connecticut.