This book is part of a book series called Red Fox Picture .

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 1994 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Petronella Breinburg's aunt was a Nenne Dofi, a Great Storyteller, in Surinam. It inspired her to become a storyteller herself, and ever since she was young, Petronella has been collecting stories from all round the Caribbean. These are some of her favourites. She is the author of a number of children's story books.