This book features in the following series: Floppy's Phonics Non Fiction, Oxford Reading Tree .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is at level 1b of the National Curriculum. The National Curriculum sets out the programmes of study and attainment targets for all subjects at all 4 key stages. Each National Curriculum level is divided into sub-levels, where Level C means that a child is working at the lower end of the level, Level B they is working comfortably at that level, and Level A means that they is working at the top end of the level. The Government has suggested a child should achieve the following levels by the end of each school year: (i) Level 1b by end Year 1, Level 2a-c by end Year 2, Level 2a-3b by end Year 3, Level 3 by the end Year 4, Level 3b-4c by the end Year 5, Level 4 by the end Year 6. 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 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Oxford University Press .

Frances Cross is a widely experienced author, who has published books for adults and children. The first of her childrens novel's from the Blobber trilogy 'The Boy, the Witch and the Blobber', and 'The Mystery of the Green Elephant' were published by Ransom in 2006. Alison Milford is an educational writer and childrens author, with a considerable list of published books, ranging from fiction and poetry, to more educational titles and teachers resources. Before she became a writer she was a primary school teacher.