This story based on the BBC children's series "What's Inside?", is set in India and is in the form of a letter. Amar and Meera go to buy a birthday present for their mother. Their decision is whether to buy her a fish, a parrot or maybe a glass eye. When she unwraps her present, she gets the biggest surprise of her life. The author has also written "The First Rains", "The Festival" and "Amber's Other Grandparents".
- ISBN10 0340486112
- ISBN13 9780340486115
- Publish Date 1 December 1988
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 4 May 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Hodder Children's Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 32
- Language English