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 1998 by Barefoot Books Ltd .

Stella Blackstone has been writing for children for over twenty years. She is also the author of Barefoot favourites such as the Bear series, The Wheels on the Bus and My Granny Went to Market. BERNARD LODGE studied art at Dover and Canterbury schools of art, and went on to study at the Royal College of Art. He has had a long and distinguished career as a graphic designer for the BBC, designing award-winning title sequences on classics such as Doctor Who and The Mind Beyond. In 1979 he co-founded Lodge/Cheesman productions and worked on pioneering computer graphics, which featured in two of Ridley Scott's films, Bladerimner and Alien. After five years of advanced work on computer imaging, Bernard decided to go back to printmaking and illustration and wrote and illustrated his first picture book in 1991. He is married to the illustrator Maureen Roffey.