This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by childrens librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.

This book is part of a book series called Mammoth Read .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1992 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Tony Ross is one of the UK s top illustrators of children s stories. His books are published in twenty-two languages. " Robert Westall -Twice winner of the Carnegie Medal. -Winner of the Smarties Prize.