This book is part of a book series called Dk Backpack .

This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Turtleback Books .

Joyce Pope was Curator of Natural History at Chester Museum. She also worked in the geology and zoology departments of London's Natural History Museum, most of the time as a lecturer. She is an experienced author of children's wildlife books, with more than 50 titles to her name.