There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1993 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Betty Brock is the author of several books for young children. She has two grown daughters and lives in Alexandria, VA. Wallace Tripp has illustrated many books for children, including Come Back, Amelia Bedelia. He lives in California. Wallace Tripp studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He has illustrated more than fifty children's books. Mr. Tripp and his wife run a greeting card company in Peterborough, New Hampshire. They have three children, two dogs, and two cats. Patricia Thomas is the author of " There Are Rocks in My Socks," Said the Ox to the Fox, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein, and " Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze!" illustrated by Wallace Tripp. She is senior writer and editor for Marywood University and lives in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.