There are 31 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Russell Hoban was born in Pennsylvania in 1925. He went to art school before serving in World War II and was a freelance illustrator eight years before taking up full-time writing. His many works of fiction and poetry for both adults and children have won him many awards. The Mouse and his Child has been hailed as one of the great children's classics of the twentieth century. Garth Williams was born in 1912 and became one of American's best-loved illustrators.