This book was recognised in the Primary School category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

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

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Candlewick Press (MA) .

Phyllis Root has been writing for children for thirty years and has published more than forty books for young children. She currently teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Hamline University.