This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Great Lakes Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Young Hoosier Book Award. It also was recognised in the Picture Book - Older Reader category by the California Young Reader Medal. It was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Golden Sower Award. Also it was recognised by the Florida Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Black-Eyed Susan Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award. It was recognised in the Elementary category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award. It was recognised by the Monarch Award. It was recognised by the Red Clover Award.

This book is part of a book series called Rise And Shine .

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

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2010 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) .