This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Red Clover Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book - Older Reader category by the California Young Reader Medal. It also was recognised in the Primary School category by the Keystone to Reading Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award. Also it was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Volunteer State Book Award. It was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Parents' Choice Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 40 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 2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) .