This book was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Young Hoosier 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 National Geographic Society .

Scott Russell Sanders is the author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including A Private History of Awe and A Conservationist Manifesto . Among his honors are the Lannan Literary Award, the John Burroughs Essay Award, the Mark Twain Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana University. He lives with his wife, Ruth, in Bloomington, Indiana.