Unpack this satchel of stories and pull out an uproarious class trip to the Safari Park, a dog who becomes a teacher, a strange new classmate who can see into the future, and a whole host of many other fascinating and exciting characters. Dick King-Smith, Joan Aiken, and Robin Klein are among the authors.

 

There are 240 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 1993 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Pat Thomson is a well-known author of titles for children beginning to read, particularly for her Share-A-Story titles for Puffin. She is also a part time librarian at a College of Further Education. Peter Harris was born in London 1933, and initially trained as an accountant before being encouraged by his wife to take up writing full-time. He wrote for television, radio, and children's comics, and well as writing numerous books for children. Doffy Weir always wanted to illustrate children's books and managed to get started by working for a publisher. An editor saw some of her drawings and asked her to illustrate a poetry book. She has been illustrating ever since. She has two grown-up children and lives in London, which she loves because it is full of different people from all over the world.