This book was recognised in the Fiction - Junior category by the New Zealand Children's Book Award.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Penguin Group (NZ) .

Harry Horse was born in Coventry. He wrote and illustrated several children's books - including THE OGOPOGO, which won the Scottish Arts Council Writers' Award. He was well-known as a political cartoonist and produced cartoons for the New Yorker , The Guardian , Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman . Harry died in 2007. Authors featuring on this anthology include Margaret Mahy, Allan Ahlberg, Dick King-Smith, Adele Geras, Michael Rosen, Linda Allen and Vivian French