This book features in the following series: Picture Puffin, Picture Puffins .
There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 1984 by Penguin Books Australia .
Barbara Cooney was an American writer and illustrator of over 100 children's books, published over sixty years. She won two Caldecott Medals, which are awarded to the year's best-illustrated U. S. picture book, and a National Book Award. Her books have been translated into 10 languages.
This book has been nominated for the following award:
Caldecott Award
This book was recognised by the Caldecott Medal. The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
