There are 80 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 1994 by Hachette Children's Group .

Julia Eccleshare was born and educated in Cambridge. Her accomplished career includes editing for the Times Literary Supplement, Puffin Books and Hamish Hamilton. Julia currently works for The Guardian. For Orchard books Julia has edited the story collection How the Camel got His Hump and the poetry collection First Poems. (September 2000)Julia is married with four children and lives in London. Wendy Smith was born and brought up in south-west London. After studying Graphic Design at Hornsey College of Art, she trained as an illustrator at the RCA. She pursued a career in advertising, before beginning to illustrate children's books - a career she has pursued for the past twenty-five years. She also teaches illustration, part-time, at Brighton University.