This book was recognised by the Rhone Poulenc Science Books Award.

This book is part of a book series called Kingfisher Books Of .

This book is aimed at the following children: primary school, secondary school .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Pan Macmillan .

Joanne Jessop is a writer and editor of children's educational books, and is the author of several Natural History books. David Lambert is a freelance writer and has written more than sixty titles, mainly on Earth Science and Natural History.