This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award. It was recognised in the Illustrated category by the National Jewish Book Award. It also was recognised in the Older Readers category by the Sydney Taylor Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Middle East Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-13 years.

There are 48 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 2005 by Farrar Straus Giroux .

Uri Shulevitz lives in New York City, and has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1963. He has won the Caldecott Medal once, and also been awarded two Caldecott Honor citations, among numerous other awards.