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 1991 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Dyan Sheldon is a popular and highly respected author of books for teens and pre-teens as well as a number of stories for younger readers. American by birth, Dyan lives in London, NW1. www. dyansheldon. co. uk Sally Grindley is the author of many best-selling titles including Shhh! which won the Children's Book Award and was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, and Peter's Place (both Andersen). Sally wrote Kingfisher's best-selling picture book series What Are Friends For? as well as another I Am Reading title, Captain Papper's Pets. She lives in Gloucestershire with her three sons. Wendy Smith is the popular writer and illustrator of many books, including The Fit Fat Cat, The Lonely, Only Mouse (Hamish Hamilton) and Say Hello, Tilly! (Macmillan). She has also illustrated many books by other authors, such Margaret Mahy's Keeping House (Hamish Hamilton) and Tick Tock Tales (Orion). Wendy lives in Exeter, Devon. 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.