This book is part of a book series called Step Into Reading-Step 4 Books .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2004 by Turtleback Books .

Mary Batten is an award-winning writer with a focus on science content for children. Some of her many books include: Please Don't Wake the Animals; Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems and Anthropologist: Scientist of the People. She also wrote for the acclaimed TV series, 3-2-1 Contact.