This book is part of a book series called Poetry And Folk Tales .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1993 by Hachette Children's Group .

Julia Eccleshare was born and educated in Cambridge. Her accomplished career includes editing for the Times Literary Supplement, Puffin Books and Hamish Hamilton. Julia currently works for The Guardian. For Orchard books Julia has edited the story collection How the Camel got His Hump and the poetry collection First Poems. (September 2000)Julia is married with four children and lives in London. Selina Young was a very popular and well-known illustrator. She died in 2006.