This book was recognised in the Junior category by the Aventis Award for Science Books.

This book is part of a book series called Horrible Science .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Scholastic .

Dr Phil Gates lectures on biology at the University of Durham, UK, and regularly writes for BBC Wildlife. His other natural history books for children include The Aliens Are Coming, The Amazing World of Plants and 365 Days of Nature and Discovery. Tony De Saulles is the illustrator of the bestselling multi award-winning HORRIBLE SCIENCE series, which recently won The Blue Peter Prize for Best Book With Facts.