[2] The series was produced by Stephen Leahy, directed by Frank Hayes, and illustrated by Valerie Pye.
The other five writers were Anne Yates, Jeffrey Flynn, Nicholas Symons, Amanda Webb, and Chris Galer.
[3] It was directed by Lorne Magory (who also worked on several famous British programmes such as Press Gang, Life Force and Emmerdale) A hard-cover book of the series featuring an extended play containing four songs was published in March 1983.
[1] Another book, The Complete Alphabet Zoo, was published in 1994 and featured songs McTell wrote for the series including "Fergus the Frog", "Ollie the Otter", and "Yuri the Yak".
Lahri Bond of Baltimore said that "there are some brilliant turns of a phrase and I guarantee that it will be you who asks your kids to listen to this fun-filled recording again, as soon as it is done".