This book is part of a book series called Picture Books .

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 1996 by Scholastic .

Gillian McClure is the acclaimed illustrator of Selkie which has been translated into many languages around the world. She lives in Cambridge, England. Philippa Pearce was a beloved children's writer. Her titles include Here Comes Tod, Minnow on the Say, The Battle of Bubble and Squeak (Winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award) and the classic Tom's Midnight Garden, for which she was awarded the Carnegie Medal. Philippa passed away in 2006.