The Red Nose Readers series comprises sixteen titles, divided into three levels - red for single words and phrases, yellow for simple sentences and blue for stories in rhyme. Selections from all three levels are included in this collection, "Put on a show" is a madcap menagerie of creatures of all shapes and sizes - from worms to monsters. Allan Ahlberg's books include "The Jolly Postman", "The Jolly Christmas Postman", "Peepo", "Each Peach, Pear, Plum". Colin McNaughton has written and illustrated "There's an Awful Lot of Weirdos in Our Neighbourhood", "Who's Been Sleeping in My Porridge?", "Making Friends with Frankenstein" (winner of the 1994 British Book Design and Production Award), "Have You Seen Who's Just Moved in Next Door to Us" (winner of the 1991 Kurt Maschler Award), "Jolly Roger"(winner of the 1989 British Children's Book Award), "Captain Abdul's Pirate School", "Watch Out for the Giant Killers", "Who's That Banging on the Ceiling?" and "Suddenly" (shortlisted for the 1994 Smarties Book Prize).

 

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

There are 41 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 1995 by Walker Books Ltd .

Colin McNaughton was born in Northunberland and had his first book published when he was still at college. He his now one of Britain's most highly acclaimed authors and illustrators. Allan Ahlberg is the author of nuemrous award-winning and popular children's books, including the HAPPY FAMILIES series and PLEASE MRS BUTLER, a book of school poems. Mark Williams is one of the stars of the BBC's THE FAST SHOW.