This book was recognised by the Signal Poetry for Children Award.

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

There are 80 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 1992 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Jackle Kay was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Glasgow, but now lives in Manchester with her son. She is an award-winning poet for both adults and children, having won the Signal Award for The Frog Who Dreamed She Was An Opera Singer (Bloomsbury Children's), the Saltire and Forward Prizes for The Adoption Papers, and the Somerset Maugham Award for Other Lovers (Bloodaxe). Trumpet, her first novel for Picador, won the Guardian Award and was shortlisted for the Impac Award; it received rave reviews.