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 2001 by Annick Press Ltd .

Marie Lafrance was born in Quebec City. Following her love for drawing, she studied graphic arts at a CEGEP in Vieux-Montreal and also studied etching at Studio Graff. At age twenty-three Marie began working as a freelance illustrator, applying her talent to school textbooks, magazines, book covers and posters. Richardo Keens-Douglas is an actor, broadcaster, and writer of plays, songs, and children's stories. His musical adaptation of "The Nutmeg Princess" won the 1999 Dora Mavor Moore award for outstanding new musical. He divides his time between Toronto and Grenada.