There are 160 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2004 by Pan Macmillan .

Andrew Matthews is a celebrated children's author, who has written over fifty books and has twice been nominated for the Smarties prize.

This book has the following chapters: "Dirty Dilly", Tony Bradman; "Anancy and the Tiger - A Caribbean Tale", retold by Andrew Matthews; "Posy Bates - Inventor", Helen Cresswell; "Doctor Boox and the Sore Giraffe", Andrew Davies; "Crummy Mummy", Anne Fine; "UFD", Paul Jennings; "Miss Mee in a Muddle", Margaret Joy; "Harry's Aunt", Sheila Lavelle; "The Librarian and the Robbers", Margaret Mahy; "William's Version", Jan Mark; "And a Partridge in a Pear Tree", Andrew Matthews; "But You Promised You Wouldn't Tell", Bel Mooney; "Apples and Stetson", Robert Newton Peck; "The Night Thing", Michael Rosen; "Strong but Quirky", Irwin Shapiro; "The Case of the Smell - A Chinese Story", retold by Mark Cohen.