by Peter Bently and Russell Ayto, Simon and Schuster, paperback, 6.99

Dad, says mum, is 'a dustbin on legs'. He hates seeing leftover food on his children's plates, so gobbles it all up - 'even the bits that are squishy and chewed'.

Then one day on a 'snack-finding snoop', he scoffs what looks like some leftover fish soup. In fact, it is the pep-up powder prescribed for the family cat, causing dad to sprout claws, whiskers and a tail - with alarming and hilarious results.

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