This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Iowa Children's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award. It also was recognised in the Junior / YA category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award. It was recognised by the Sasquatch Award.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

P. I. Maltbie writes biographical stories and articles focusing on issues related to disabilities. Picasso and Minou was her first children's book. This book will be her second. Jos A. Smith is a well-known illustrator of numerous books for children, includes Abrams' Gregor Mendel and Circus Train. He is a professor of fine arts at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, where he has taught drawing, painting, and figure sculpture. The Newbery Award-winning author of The Whipping Boy, Sid Fleischman is an author of more than sixty children's books, as well as screenplays, novels for adults, and books on magic. He lives in California.