Porridge the tartan cat and the Loch Ness mess.

When Porridge was a wee kitten he toppled into a tin of tartan paint -- which is easy to do and not so easy to say. Now he lives by Loch Loch with the quirky McFun family: Gadget Grandad, Groovy Gran, Dino Dad, Mini Mum and the twins, Roaring Ross and Invisible Isla.

Everyone has a super secret -- or two-- and Porridge is always there to lend a helping paw when things go awry.

If there's a fishy biscuit in it for him... And things do often go awry in the McFun family. It's a good job Porridge has nine lives!--------------Porridge the Tartan cat (it's a long story involving a tin of tartan paint!) and the twins, Isla and Ross, have been dragged to Loch Ness where Dino Dad is hoping to dig up some pre-historic bones.

But when a magic wishing bone transforms Dino Dad into a real-life dinosaur, he's mistaken for the Loch Ness Monster and captured by a Nessie-hunter!Can they prove Dino Dad isn't really Nessie and save him from the dastardly Fergus McFungus?

Join Porridge and the twins on this dino-tastic, Nessie-riding romp around Scotland's most famous loch.

What a Loch Ness mess!-----------------In this zany new series for young readers, Porridge purrfectly CAT-a-logs the family's hilarious adventures from a cat's-eye perspective.

With wacky twists, silly word play and meow-nificent illustrations in every chapter, readers won't even want to paws for breath.