This book was recognised in the Key Stage 1 Fiction category by the Ea English 4-11 Picture Book Awards.

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 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 1999 by Little Tiger Press Group .

Judy Waite lives in Southampton. She is the author of several titles published by Little Tiger Press, including MOUSE, LOOK OUT!, THE STRAY KITTEN and THE STORM SEAL. Norma Burgin lives in Oxford. She has illustrated the Little Tiger books LITTLE TURTLE AND THE SONG OF THE SEA and MOUSE, LOOK OUT!. Judy Waite spent her childhood in Singapore, and then studied at the Portsmouth College of Art. She has already amassed an impressive body of published work for children, including picture book texts, educational titles and teenage fiction. She has two grown-up children, and lives in Southampton.