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

There are 192 pages in this book. It is a directory. A directory is a list of people, companies, institutions, organizations, etc. , in alphabetical or classified order, providing contact information (names, addresses, phone/fax numbers, etc. ) and other pertinent details (affiliations, conferences, publications, membership, etc. ) in brief format, often published serially (example: American Library Directory). In most libraries, current directories are shelved in ready reference or in the reference stacks. This book was published 1990 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Brough Girling is a well-known author of children's books - Jets, Jokebooks and fiction for older readers - all humourous stuff. He was the first head of the Children's Book Foundation [now Young Book Trust]; editor of Young Telegraph and still heads up Readathon which raises enormous sums of money for children's charities during National Book Week.