This book is part of a book series called Blue Bananas .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.

There are 47 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1998 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Brian Morse is a primary school teacher in Warley, West Midlands. Nick Sharratt was winner of the Sheffield Book Award and the Children's Book Award in 2001.