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

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1979 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Charles Causley was born in Cornwall, and apart from six years spent in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, lived there all his life. He was one of Britain's foremost poets, writing for both adults and children. He was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1967 and appointed CBE in 1986. In 1987 he won the Kurt Maschler Award for Jack the Treacle Eater and in 1990 the Ingersoll/T. S. Eliot Award of America. Charles Causley died in 2003. Jill Bennett has taught at all levels, from nursery school to teacher training.