This book is part of a book series called Step Into Reading-Step 3 Books .

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 46 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Random House Books for Young Readers .

Richard Walz graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has illustrated sixty-three books and has contributed to many others. He has often drawn licensed characters. Recently he's contributed several books to Random House's Step Into Reading series. Dick has always had an affection for railroads, so he enjoyed painting several trains for Just Fine the Way They Are . Frank Murphy is a retired school principal, living in Cork. His teaching career, which began in Dublin, took him also to north Wexford, and eventually to Cork city. He has written stories, non-fiction pieces and poetry in Irish and English. Most of his work has appeared in school books in Ireland and the UK, with some stories also included in anthologies of children's fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.