This book was published by Dial Books .

Marianna Mayer has written many distinguished books for children. She lives in Connecticut. Lynn Bywaters is the illustrator of several popular books for children, including Sleeping Beauty retold by Samantha Easton and Goldilocks and the Three Bears retold by Lynn Ferris. She lives in Connecticut. Leonid Gore moved to the United States from his native Russia in 1991. He has illustrated many children's picture books, and lives with his wife and daughter in Brooklyn.