There are 144 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 1998 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Margaret Mayo lives in Brighton with her husband. As a mother, grandmother and former teacher, she has used her wide range of experience to retell some of the most well-loved tales from different parts of the world. Margaret has written several books for Orchard. Philip Norman lives in France with his wife and children. The First Fairy Tales series is the first series he has illustrated for Orchard. Pat Thomson is a well-known author of titles for children beginning to read, particularly for her Share-A-Story titles for Puffin. She is also a part time librarian at a College of Further Education.