This book was recognised by the Oregon Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Farrar Straus Giroux .

NICOLE RUBEL has illustrated more than fifty books for children, including the Rotten Ralph series by Jack Gantos, which has been in print for more than twenty years. She lives in Oregon.