First published in 1998, this story for 4-7 year olds is an adaptation of a traditional playground nonsense rhyme, where everything is not quite as it seems. Birds blossomed, flowers sang, snow lay on the ground and two cats - back to back - stared each other down. But how could this be?

 

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 2000 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Ruth Brown has created a great many picture books for Andersen Press and is highly respected as an author and illustrator. She is married to artist Ken Brown and they have two grown-up sons and 1 grandson.