This book features in the following series: Puffin's Read Alone, Read Alone, Young Puffin Read Alone, Young Puffins .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme is not levelled.

There are 96 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 1995 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Harriet Castor has written other titles in this popular children's series and is also author of a successful adult novel. Colin West was born in 1951 and studied Illustration at London's Royal College of Art. He is the author of over fifty works, which include picture books such as Have You Seen the Crocodile? (Walker, 2009). Colin is based in East Sussex.