This book was recognised in the Ages 0-5 Years category by the Smarties Book Award.

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

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 1987 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Jill Paton Walsh is a distinguished writer, best-known for her adult novel, Knowledge of Angels, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize. Among her many children's titles are The Dolphin Crossing (widely acknowledged as a modern classic); Gaffer Samson's Luck (Winner of the Smarties Prize); The Emperor's Winding Sheet (Winner of the Whitbread Award) and Thomas and the Tinners (Winner of the Smarties Prize). Brock Cole is an award-winning children's author as well as a noted artist and illustrator. Born in a small town in Michigan, he now lives in Buffalo, New York.