This book is part of a book series called The Longman Book Project .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

This book was published 1999 by Pearson Education Limited .

Sheila Lavelle was born in Gateshead, County Durham in 1939. She was inspired to write her own stories after becoming a junior school teacher. Her first book, URSULA BEAR, was published in 1977. She went on to write several Ursula Bear adventures, as well as the much-loved MY BEST FIEND series. Martin Waddell is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest living writers of books for children. He has won many awards for his work, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2004. Moira Andrew is a former headteacher and College of Education lecturer. She is currently a freelance writer and a 'poet-in-schools'. Moira writes poetry for adults as well as children. She also writes teacher's books, children's stories and early reading books and is one of our Letterland Reading At Home authors. Her publications include titles in the Belair Teacher's range and she has written for Longman, Puffin, Heinemann, Scholastic, Ginn, Nelson and OUP. Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of The Odyssey and other titles in the acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Classics series.