This book has been graded for interest at 3-7 years.

There are 72 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by New York Review of Books .

Rumer Godden, who died in 1998, was one of the UK's most distinguished authors. She wrote many well-known and much-loved books for both adults and children, including The Peacock Spring (also available as a Young Picador) and Black Narcissus.