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

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

Jane Dyer is the acclaimed illustrator of her own anthology, Animal Crackers, as well as the bestselling picture book I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose Lewis. Jane Dyer lives in western Massachusetts and paints her extraordinary watercolors in a beautiful sun-drenched studio. Jeanne Birdsall lives in Massachusetts, USA, with her husband, three cats, and a dog called Cagney. The Penderwicks was her first novel, and won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. You can find out more about Jeanne (and her animal friends) at her website: www. jeannebirdsall. com.