This book was recognised in the Older Readers category by the Sydney Taylor Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 115 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Henry Holt & Company .

Miriam Chaikin was born in Jerusalem and raised in New York. She served as editor-in-chief of children's books in various publishing houses and has published over thirty books for children of all ages. In 1984 she won the Sydney Taylor Award for Body of Work. Her poetry and humorous verse has appeared in many national magazines. Gabriel Lisowski is an internationally published author and illustrator of children's books. Born in Jerusalem and raised in Vienna, he is the descendent of the famous nineteenth-century Hasidic philosopher Kotsker Rebbe. He is currently working on the illustrations for a series of children's fables written by the well-known Polish actress Ewa Bukowska, as well as his own collection of short stories. He divides his time between Austria and Poland.