This book is part of a book series called Stories For the Very Young .

This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Kingfisher .

Sally Grindley lives in Cheltenham where she works on her many and varied books for children. She is the winner of the Smarties Gold Medal for Spilled Water. Helen Cooper has written and illustrated over 18 picture books. They have been translated into over 26 languages and won various awards. Notably among these The Bear Under The Stairs, winner of the Smarties Young Judges Prize, The Baby Who Wouldn't Go To Bed, and Pumpkin Soup, both winners of the Library Association Kate Greenaway medal.