This book was recognised by the Mother Goose Award.

This book is part of a book series called Red Fox Picture .

There are 32 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 1996 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Andrew Matthews is a celebrated children's author, who has written over fifty books and has twice been nominated for the Smarties prize. Allan Curless was a political cartoonist for 16 years, working mostly for the Sunday Times . His first children's book, Cat's Song with Andrew Matthews, was shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award and the Smarties Prize in 1994. He died in 1997. Mark Burgess has written and illustrated over 40 books and illustrated a further 40 by other authors. He lives in Taunton, Somerset.