This book was recognised by the Sequoyah Book Award.

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2007 by Candlewick Press, U. S. .

Laura Amy Schlitz, author of Fire Spell and the Newbery Medal-winner Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village, has spent most of her life working as a librarian and professional storyteller. She has also written plays for young people that have been performed in professional theatres all over the US. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Nancy Wood is a poet, novelist, photographer and children's book author. She lives in Santa Fe near the wilderness that she loves. Max Grafe grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. He now lives and works in New York City as a printmaker, painter and illustrator. This is his first picture book.