This book is part of a book series called Picture Puffin .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Verna Aardema was born in New Era, Michigan, in 1911. A cedar swamp in the back of her house served as her inspiration and retreat as a young aspiring writer. She was inspired to write for children when she had to make up stories to get her baby daughter to eat. She wrote many African folktales because of her fascination with the infinitely diverse continent.