This book is part of a book series called Puffin Modern Classics .

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 1993 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Claudio Munoz was born and raised in Chile. He is now a well respected children's illustrator whose Little Captain won the Prix Du Livre De La Mer Award. His books have also been shortlisted for the Smarties Prize and the Mother Goose Award. He now lives in England and is married to Jill Newsome. They have two daughters. Russell Hoban was born in Pennsylvania in 1925. He went to art school before serving in World War II and was a freelance illustrator eight years before taking up full-time writing. His many works of fiction and poetry for both adults and children have won him many awards. The Mouse and his Child has been hailed as one of the great children's classics of the twentieth century.