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"'Smooky palooki! This book is well brilliant! Andy Stanton is far too clever and funny and should be locked away in a very dark place that nobody can find.' Jeremy Strong; 'A wickedly entertaining story' Bookseller; 'Andy Stanton accumulates silliness and jokes in an irresistible, laughter-inducing romp' The Sunday Times; 'Worryingly splendid' Guardian; 'A riotous read' Sunday Express; 'Designed to tickle young funny bones' Glasgow Herald; 'Cranks up children's storytelling conventions to hilarious extremes' Jewish Chronicle."
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Mr Gum returns in the fifth shamelessly hilarious book...Good evening. Do you like bears called Padlock? Course you do. Do you like hot-air balloons? Course you do. Do you like tall sailing ships with mad sea captains, and horrifying old villains and words like 'wab!', 'tungler' and 'kelp'? COURSE you do! Well, guess what, you lucky little nibbleheads? This book's got all of those things - and a lot more besides. It's a rollicker! It's a frolicker! It's a funtime sun-time yollicker! So what you waiting for? Get reading!
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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There is a great skill in writing children's books that don't make adults groan when their offspring say, "Can you read this one again."
I'm pleased to say that Andy Stanton has pulled it out of the bag again.
He is one of those rare authors who has a knack of writing hilarious books that appeal to adults and children. They make the whole of our family roll around laughing. This book is no exception and there have been several altercations over whose turn it is to read it (and that is just amongst the adults).
His characters and plots are off-the-wall and we constantly repeat lines from his books including, "In the olden days," said Old Granny, "It was rubbish..."
A great series to try on reluctant readers - they might just tear themselves away from the computer!
I'm pleased to say that Andy Stanton has pulled it out of the bag again.
He is one of those rare authors who has a knack of writing hilarious books that appeal to adults and children. They make the whole of our family roll around laughing. This book is no exception and there have been several altercations over whose turn it is to read it (and that is just amongst the adults).
His characters and plots are off-the-wall and we constantly repeat lines from his books including, "In the olden days," said Old Granny, "It was rubbish..."
A great series to try on reluctant readers - they might just tear themselves away from the computer!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You just cannot go wrong with Mr. Gum. Any child age 7/8/9/10 will love Andy Stanton's books. Makes it so easy to be a favoured Aunt when you bring one of them out each birthday and Christmas. Andy Stanton needs to speed up his writing or I am soon going to run out of new books to give.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My 9 year old Grandson enjoys all the Mr Gum Books & this one is no exception.
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great read
The Mr Gum virus caught hold of my 3 kids (12,11,9). They devour the books, really great reads, that take the reader into bizarre worlds and great quests. Read more
Published 8 months ago by dorothy
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear
This was a present for my Grandson, this is the first set of books that he laughs out loud to, and a book that he reads on his own, as a five year old this is a wonderful start.
Published 13 months ago by cally49
Mr Gum & Iddy
My Grandson loves Mr Gum, especially Audio so he was chuffed when this was delivered to his door. I even got a skype to thank me, he listens to them over & over & thinks Andy... Read more
Published 14 months ago by D. J. Giblett
I want to live in Lamonic Bibber
My children and I are devouring Andy Stanton's Mr. Gum books at a vast rate of knots. Soon we will have read them all and then we will be writing letters every day to Andy Stanton... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
Surprisingly not funny but sad...
My daughters and I are big fans of Mr Gum - but the poor chained-up crying bear in this book was just too sad. It wasn't enjoyable and we gave up reading it. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Caroline W
amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i loved every bit of that my favourite bit is when the big sends a letter saying sorry i cant make it i am busy being eaten by a python and when polly and padlock go into the sea... Read more
Published 20 months ago
A work of genius
I cannot type much more - I have lost control of - well, everything really. Utterly insane and absolutely hilarious. BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT.
Published on 20 Oct 2009 by Mrs. H. Murray Hill
Doesn't translate
With apologies to the other reviewers, I have to say this book simply is not remotely funny to me or my children. Read more
Published on 11 May 2009 by Nathaniel Hawthorne
He's got her reading!
My grand-daughter got this at her school book fair a few weeks ago. She's not a great reader of "story" books, normally preferring factual animal books, but I read the back cover... Read more
Published on 20 April 2009 by Mary Heywood
absolutly brillo's
oooooooh sooooooo goooooood
do you like bears? do you like Mr Gum books? This author has got it (whatever it is) f a b u l o u s!
do you like bears? do you like Mr Gum books? This author has got it (whatever it is) f a b u l o u s!
Published on 4 April 2009 by Victoria E. Dowen
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