A collection of five story poems illustrated by drawings, range from the title poem, where no end of fun is had on a giant slide made of snow, to the incredible antics of the mysterious Captain Jim who performs all sorts of heroic deeds with a little help from his cricket bat. Allan Ahlberg has also co-written Each Peach Pear Plum which won the Kate Greenaway Medal, 1978 and Peepo! which won Parents Magazine Best Books for Babies' Award, 1985. He has also written the Happy Families series and Please Mrs Butler. Charlotte Voake has also illustrated The Way to Sattin Shore by Philippa Pearce and The Witch Child by Imogen Chichester.