In this third collection of stories about the irrepressible and warmly affectionate Quigley family, Will and Lucy plot to thwart their parents’ plans to move to a bigger house and try to raise money for Dad’s birthday celebrations; Dad gets more than he bargains for when he’s left in charge of the rice pudding; and Will discovers that making polite conversation is harder than it seems. And there’s a new list of Family Rules pinned to the kitchen wall which even Dad is finding it hard to stick to.

Simon Mason’s first hilarious and heart-warming book about the Quigley family was published in 2002 and was Highly Commended in the Branford Boase Award 2003.