This book was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award.

This book was published 1998 by Penguin Books Australia .

Tedd Arnold is the author and illustrator of the bestselling Fly Guy series and the illustrator of more than 60 books, including DETECTIVE BLUE. He has received Theodor Seuss Geisel Honors for HI! FLY GUY and I SPY FLY GUY! Tedd lives with his wife, Carol, in Florida.