Good evening. Mr Gum is a complete horror who hates children, animals, fun and corn on the cob. This book's all about him. And an angry fairy who lives in his bathtub. And Jake the dog (who must be saved from terrible, terrible evil), and a little girl called Polly and an evil stinky butcher who's all covered in guts. And there's heroes and sweets and adventures and a massive fat bloke called Jonathan Ripples and everything...Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award, "You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum" is a zany, riotously funny book that will make you laugh till your sides ache.
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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) 'Worryingly splendid' (Guardian)"
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Andy has worked as a standup comedian, artist, TV script writer and cartoonist. This is his first book, but we know he will be writing and selling for years to come!
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By C. Pocock
Format:Paperback
This book is so funny and mad we loved it! When we got my dad to read it out loud he started crying with laughter and couldn't speak. A great laugh!
60 of 62 people found the following review helpful
By L. Hutt
Format:Paperback
Antony (8) is a good but reluctant reader. We always have to ask him to read and despite lots of research into good storylines, we hadn't found a book that Antony was enthusiastic to pick up. Until Mr Gum. This really hit the spot with his sense of humour and gave him something to laugh about on nearly every page. The thing I love about this book is that there is only avg 10 lines per page (160 pages total), so the child makes fast progress through what seems like a thick book. They are really pleased with the number of pages they have read and this gives them a real sense of achievement. The best bit is the bonus story at the end. My 9 year old daughter read it in 2 nights and has asked me to pre-order the next book due out in Feb 2007. Cannot recommend enough. Well done Andy.
36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
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If all childrens' books were this giggly, then I wouldn't have got to the adult ones yet because I'd still be happily working my way through books like this.
It's got big jokes, little jokes, jokes that you don't realise are jokes unless you pay attention, jokes that hit you over the head and say 'look at me, I'm a joke!'
Get it, and a few spares just in case one of them dies on the way home.
Looking forward to book 2...
It's got big jokes, little jokes, jokes that you don't realise are jokes unless you pay attention, jokes that hit you over the head and say 'look at me, I'm a joke!'
Get it, and a few spares just in case one of them dies on the way home.
Looking forward to book 2...
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Awesome
This is a really funny book, I recommend it to everyone! My teacher said that's its a good book to I read it and its fantastic!
Published 1 day ago by Meow
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Dreadful
This is a truly dreadful book. Stanton seems to be trying very hard and failing to imitate Spike Milligan in style and comedy. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Tiana
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It Was Great
It was a wonderful book and I am looking forward to reading to reading the next one. Bye for now.
Published 15 days ago by Amazon
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mr gum
i get the books to read to my son and he loves them so to me thats all that matters.
Published 28 days ago by dave hutchinson
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Brilliant
I read this book to my 11yr old daughter so this review is from her. She didn't like it , she absolutely loved it. She laughed out loud at the fairy and loved Jake the dog. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sian Mayo
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Amazingly funny!
This is the perfect example of how to let your imagination go WILD and create an absolute masterpiece! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Adina Casas
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Good Book!
I bought this for my 7 year old son who is a great reader. His teacher stopped giving his class books to read as homework as as he is good at reading I wanted to keep him... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kirst J Turner
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Good story
This is a good story but it is a bit short I like the mr gum series
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I'm written these because I need to
Published 1 month ago by fantastic game
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daughter loves it
i got this for my daughter as the teacher was reading it to them at school and she loved and wanted her own copy to read
Published 1 month ago by hayley
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Very good but not as good as the others
My son age 8 loves the mr gum books and I would absolutely recommend them for any child. The humour is quirky and at times 'off the wall' in these books, really fabulous and it... Read more
Published 2 months ago by R. Graham
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