The Circus Cannelloni's finances are looking up, for a change. It's time to go on holiday together. This motley crew embarks on a trip to England, where they are joined by the Cannellonis' grandchildren.
The circus crew manages to stir up confusion and fun at a famous horse race, a tennis tournament, and a boarding school run by a tight-lipped headmistress. Mr. Cannelloni gets a chance to lecture at a prestigious university while Madame Cannelloni's determination wins over even the toughest of opponents.
Many things have changed by the time the circus returns home--with a happily engaged couple and a newborn elephant baby.

Tuula Pere (b. 1958) is Ph.D. in Law and a children's book author from Helsinki, Finland. Her doctoral dissertation published in 2015 examines the limits of the freedom of speech in the Finnish mass media amidst the social and cultural shift of the 1960s and 1970s. Prior to her doctoral research, Tuula Pere has done a career of over two decades as a lawyer and in various expert and executive positions in the industry.

Since 2010, Tuula Pere has published over forty children's storybooks which have been translated into Swedish, English, Russian, Estonian, French, Italian, and Spanish, for example. She has also published poetry, and a bilingual book of aphorisms for children. Some of the illustrations for her books of poetry have been created in cooperation with Espoo School of Art, and her book of aphorisms was illustrated in cooperation with Kirkkonummi School of Art.

Tuula Pere is an avid music and sports enthusiast and a keen baker. She is married and a mother of three.