This book is part of a book series called Science Stories .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Beverley was born in London, grew up in Kenya and came to Britain for the first time to take A levels. She graduated from Cambridge with a degree in Economics and Sociology. After travelling in Africa, America, Europe and the Middle East, Beverley joined Penguin as an editor. Since then she has continued to work in publishing - at present she combines writing and working as an editor here at Hodder. She has two daughters and is married to photographer Nick Birch. The Author: Belinda Hollyer lives in London. She worked first with children as a teacher and librarian, and then in the book business as a publisher for many years. This is her first book for children. The Illustrator: Robin Bell Corfield lives in Leicestershire where he works as an illustrator and artist. He has illustrated several books for children and is published by Harper Collins, Oxford University Press and Mathew Price.