This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Special Subjects category by the Booksellers' Choice Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Young Hoosier Book Award. It also was recognised in the Illustrated category by the Book Sense Book of the Year Award.

This book is part of a book series called Treasured Gifts For the Holidays .

This book has been graded for interest at 5+ years.

There are 256 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 2014 by Random House USA Inc .

Janet Schulman has written and adapted many books for children. She is the former head of children's book marketing at Macmillan US and publisher at Random House. She has worked in children's books for over forty years.