This book has been graded for interest for readers up to 6 years.

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2000 by Gullane Children's Books .

John Malam worked as an editor at World International before becoming a freelance fiction and non-fiction author in 1994. He is best known for writing the You Wouldn't Want to Be series for Wayland. Sally Anne Lambert has been an illustrator for over 20 years. Her publishing clients have included Ladybird, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Frances Lincoln, Jonathan Cape and Bloomsbury. She also has her own range of greetings cards. Jana Novotny-Hunter is a graduate of Hornsey College of Art and has been writing and teaching children's literature for over 25 years. In 1993 she opened Bear Studios with the author/illustrator Sue Porter. Among her many previous books is Deaf City War , for which she won the Judy Blume Award. Lucy Richards studied art at the North East Wales School of Art and was awarded the Hallmark M&S Division Emerging Talent Award for her final design show in 2000.