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A picture book illustrated in colour throughout by Axel Scheffler. The first UK issue is the Macmillan Children's Books hardback of 2000, ISBN 0333720008 (9780333720004); the British Library copy is catalogued as about 28 cm with 26 unnumbered pages. A paperback under the same imprint, ISBN 0333720016, was listed alongside it. Later forms are easy to separate by ISBN: a large-format big book (2002), a Campbell Books board book (2003), a Macmillan Audio book and CD pack (2005) and a 2017 board book are all later issues. The same text and pictures appeared in the United States as Where's My Mom?, which is not a UK edition. Check the copyright page for any statement of a later impression.
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Macmillan Children's Books, London, in 2000, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 29 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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