There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Walker Books Ltd .

Nicholas Fisk's real name is David Higgenbottom. Born in London in 1923 he has worked as an actor, photographer, journalist, lecturer, musician, editor and publisher as well as finding the time to write Science Fiction and become one of the most popular author of Science Fiction/Horror over the past three decades. He has written over forty books and several television scripts. Giles Andreae and Russel Ayto are a dream picture book team, with multiple awards between them including the Federation of Children's Book Award, the Gold Award for the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.