Grandmother Filomena sees the future in her knitting; Rosamund, the mother, creates potions; Eddie, the father, grows a tree of fruit salad from fruit salad wrappers; ten-year-old-Bianca animates toys and other objects, and her nine-year-old brother makes himself invisible. There's also Aunty Varvara, the vegetarian vampire, and little Francesca, who starts fires and can change the weather. All these rich, funny, loving and memorable daily activities are observed and careful chronicled by Ozymandias, the family cat, and keeper of the Fantora family files.