Everybody in Jack's family seems to be brilliant - apart from Jack and his downtrodden dog Zero. Even his little sister can beat him at swimming. But Jack's uncle Parker has come up with a plan to make him and Zero shine: they'll pretend that Jack can tell the future! If only they could foresee what chaos the plan will cause. Helen Cresswell is the much-loved writer of over 40 children's books. She's the author of classics such as Lizzie Dripping as well as having adapted The Demon Headmaster for television. She has been runner-up for the Carnegie Medal four times.

The members of a talented, eccentric, English family eagerly enter slogan-writing contests and are rewarded with such prizes as a trip to a health farm and the opportunity to appear in a toothpaste commercial

The arrival of the Bagthorpes' overly clever, overly snobbish relatives for a family reunion sets off a no-holds-barred battle of one-upmanship

Overreacting to his recent bank statement and fearing imminent bankruptcy, Mr. Bagthorpe involves his family in a self-sufficiency campaign, and confusion results when cousin Daisy collides with Great-Aunt Lucy

Chronicles the further adventures of the eccentric Bagthorpe family as they go on vacation to a reputedly haunted house in Wales.

While on vacation, the eccentric and talented Bagthorpe family tries to contact the ghosts of their reputedly haunted house, pursues Cousin Daisy's elusive goat, and general stirs up the quiet Welsh countryside.

Upon returning from a vacation, the members of the eccentric Bagthorpe family find chaos as a tramp takes over their house, their maid disappears, and the demonic cousin Daisy arrives with her pet goat.

When the local tramp disappears police efforts to find him are undermined by the well meaning assistance of the talented and eccentric Bagthorpe family each of whom follows their own line of enquiry. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

The ninth story featuring the eccentric Bagthorpe family, who were the subject of a television serialization in the 1980s. Mr Bagthorpe is suspected of being a terrorist - and of murdering his wife, who has disappeared. The police and the press descend en masse, and the family is under siege.

The Bagthorpes' housekeeper, Mrs Fosdyke, is living the high life in London. She found a terrorist in her living room, and now a sleazy tabloid newspaper has decided to turn her into a national celebrity. How will the Bagthorpes cope without her?