This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Minnesota Book Award. It was recognised by the Cybils Award. The Cybils Awards is a group of readers passionate about seeking out and recognizing books that represent diversity, inclusion, and appropriate representation for children and teens. To accomplish that goal, the Cybils Awards works to recognize books written for children and young adults that combine both the highest literary merit and popular appeal. It also was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Land of Enchantment Book Award. It was recognised in the Poetry category by the Beehive Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-7 years.

There are 32 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 2011 by Clarion Books .

Hae-Kyung Chang majored in child development psychology. Currently she works on children's educational programmes and writes picture books. Her works include The Cracking Date and The Moving Store. She has also translated stories such as Minerva the Monster, Poddy and Flora, and Mr. Big. Josee Bisaillon is an artist and illustrator from Canada. After drawing the characters on paper, she cuts them out and makes a collage, colours them again, and composes them on the computer to create rich images. She is the recipient of many awards for her use of various textures, bright colours, and her colourful imagination. She is the illustrator of My Diary: The Totally True Story of ME!, also published by Magination Press. Laura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 100 books for kids and teens. Her work has received the Minnesota Book Award and other honors, including Bank Street Best Books of the Year, and NCTE Notables. She and her husband live in Minnesota and have two monsters of their own, Maddie and Annabelle. When Laura's not reading or writing, she likes to dance, play games, and work with the Minnesota Brass drum corps (which involves a lot of Counting, following Patterns, and creating Shapes on the field). She tries to eat More vegetables and Less brownies, but that is hard! Learn more about Laura at laursalas. com.