This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

This book was published 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers .

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. Katherine Tegen is the author of the New York Times-bestselling picture book The Story of the Easter Bunny and several other books for children. As well as being an author, Katherine is an editor and a publisher of children's and teen books. She lives in New York City with her family.