There are 128 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 1999 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

John Prater, whose books include "Is It Christmas?" and "Tom's Box," has been shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award. Shirley Hughes has illustrated more than 200 children's books. Her many awards include the Kate Greenaway Medal and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for her services to children's literature. Gus Clarke was born and brought up in Suffolk. He studied at Edinburgh and Kingston Schools of Art and he has been involved in design and illustrations for print and television. He has produced many successful books for Andersen. He has two sons.