My Funny Family On Holiday

Mattie Butterfield is a genuinely winning narrator — an anxious, funny, big-hearted child whose worries never overwhelm the warmth of the story around her — and the Cornish setting gives the book a real sense of place that elevates it above generic family comedies. Books for Keeps called it fresh and funny, School Librarian praised its balance of comedy and heart, and parents report children racing through it in a week. The short chapters are perfectly sized for emergent independent readers, and there is nothing here to give a parent pause.