The otterly bonkers Brown family are hugely excited, as today's the day they move to their new home. But when they get there they find the beastly Black family have got there first. This riverbank ain't big enough for the both of them, so there's only one thing for it: war. Well, not real war. Otters are more into playing than fighting, so instead they decide to hold a giant sports day - and may the best otters win.

Jake Cake is an ordinary kid who likes writing and illustrating stories about his adventures. He swears they're all true, but no one believes him. Part of a four-book series, this book talks about Jake who discovers that the school dinner lady is a robot, he has goblins in his garden and he's tricked by a really tricky witch.

In this fourth book in the series, Jake battles with a vampire visiting his school (fangs and bats and zombies), a demon hairdresser (arrrrrggggh ) and stays in a haunted castle (things that go CLANG in the night ).

Here are three more hilarious stories, written in Jake Cake's own notebooks and embellished with his very funny comments and illustrations.

Have you ever met a yeti playing football, a very tricky sea monster or a real phantom on the ghost train at the funfair? Jake has, and here's what happened when he met them