David Baboulene runs away to sea in a cloud of romantic dust for the first of his shipboard adventures. A journey which takes him across the world and back, from New Orleans and Houston in the USA to the Caribbean islands of Barbados and Jamaica, through the Panama Canal and across the Pacific to Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, then back through the South Pacific -- the Gilbert and Solomon islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji -- and the Azores, to a triumphant homecoming in Liverpool.

But despite the laughs, the real journey in this strangely moving tale takes him all the way... from a boy to a man.

The second adventure for Windy and NotNorman finds our heroes on safari in Kenya; dressing up in a nurses' home in South Africa; taking on the pirates of Nigeria; finding love and the best non-existent restaurant there is in the Greek Islands; playing unorthodox forms of chess and snooker in Southern India; drained and amazed in Thailand and, of course, falling victim to all the unspeakable practical jokes his colleagues perpetrate during the sea passages in between. That's to say nothing of Windy's days at nautical college in the snowy north east of England, his poaching trip to the Lake District, and a heli-skiing trip in Canada that will curl your hair.

Rest assured -- David Baboulene's second book is every bit as wonderful as his first.

Kepple sets out to meet his friends at the park, but his string gets caught in Mrs WibblyWobbly's bicycle, and she drags him all the way across town. When he gets free, his string gets caught on a lorry which takes him to the seaside, and then he gets caught on a train! Will poor Kepple EVER get home and meet his friends?

Daddy sets off for work - but has he forgotten something important? Oopsie! He's not the only one - through the day the whole family - Mummy, Jakey, his sister Kate, Grandad and Grandma - all have their Oopsie! moments...

Vividly wonderful illustrations from Kelly Chapman and a magical story delivered entirely in rhyme are sure to delight parents and children alike.