Ozzie and his family get ready for the visit of Uncle Rusty from London. As Ozzie says: 'Prediction: This forthcoming social event will throw my parents into a state of pre-visitor-tension, and our family will suffer from DISHARMONY.' And it does. Mum goes into a frenzy of getting the house tidy (read u Ozzie has to clean his room!), the lawn mowed and the menu prepared. The Brat, Snoops, Ozzie and Dad all suffer. Add to that a huge storm, the fact it's nearly Christmas and a few little Ozzie-disasters and it's chaos. Another hilarious story from Val Bird with brilliant illustrations from her daughter Rebecca Cundy. 'My son (aged 12) absolutely loved the book - he NEVER reads - but he basically read it whenever he wasn't doing anything outside, normally he would be in front of TV or on his PSP if inside but no! He took it away camping with us and now we have returned to civilisation, I am instructed to get the next one for him to read...' Julia

 

This book was recognised in the Fiction - Junior category by the Storylines Notable New Zealand Books. It was recognised in the Fiction - Junior category by the New Zealand Children's Book Award.

There are 158 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Random House New Zealand Ltd .

Whakatane writer Val Bird is the author of the adult novel Wednesday's Child. This is her fourth novel in the Ozzie series. Illustrator Rebecca Cundy is Val's daughter and she's a graphic designer who lives in Hamilton with her partner and two daughters.