This book is part of a book series called Puffin Storybooks .

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 1989 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Penelope Lively was born in Cairo Egypt. She came to England when she was 12 years old. She went to school in Sussex and studied at Oxford. She has written many award winning adult and children's books and now lives in London. She has four grandchildren.