W e are impressed by big things; dinosaurs, whales, rhinos, super-tankers,
skyscrapers. Mention mystery apes to the man in the street and he will imagine
bipedal hairy giants, 10ft tall. Indeed most reports of such things speak of
massive animals; the yeti, the yeren, the sasquatch, and the yowie. But for
every bigfoot there is a littlefoot. Stories of little hairy men are widespread - but none are as famous as Sumatra's orang-pendek.

Richard Freeman has been an English teacher and tutor and has a wide experience of jobs, including researcher, stage hand and barman! He spent twenty-five years helping to look after family cats, up to twelve of them (and once also fourteen kittens!) This is his debut book.