Andy Stanton, the best-selling author behind the Mr Gum series, has won the “Emerging Readers” category at the Sheffield Book Awards 2020 for his hilarious middle-grade romp The Paninis of Pompeii.

Set during the last days of Pompeii, Paninis introduces a host of strange and ludicrous characters in a bizarre world of accidental gladiators, pizza-emitting volcanoes and the legendary Ma-wol-n-f… all of which will leave you howling with laughter!

You can grab your copy here now or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.