The Red Nose Readers series comprises sixteen titles, divided into three levels - red for single words and phrases, yellow for simple sentences and blue for stories in rhyme. Selections from all three levels are included in this collection, "Put on a show" is a madcap menagerie of creatures of all shapes and sizes - from worms to monsters. Allan Ahlberg's books include "The Jolly Postman", "The Jolly Christmas Postman", "Peepo", "Each Peach, Pear, Plum". Colin McNaughton has written and illustrated "There's an Awful Lot of Weirdos in Our Neighbourhood", "Who's Been Sleeping in My Porridge?", "Making Friends with Frankenstein" (winner of the 1994 British Book Design and Production Award), "Have You Seen Who's Just Moved in Next Door to Us" (winner of the 1991 Kurt Maschler Award), "Jolly Roger"(winner of the 1989 British Children's Book Award), "Captain Abdul's Pirate School", "Watch Out for the Giant Killers", "Who's That Banging on the Ceiling?" and "Suddenly" (shortlisted for the 1994 Smarties Book Prize).