This book has been graded for interest at 2-5 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by G. P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers .

Peggy Rathmann was born in Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in psychology. 'I wanted to teach sign language to gorillas,' she says, 'but after taking a class in signing, I realized what I'd rather do was draw pictures of gorillas. ' She then studied children's illustration in Los Angeles. She now lives in California.