Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree
Blue Peter Book Award
It was announced on TV on Tuesday that Andy Stanton‘s Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree is on a short list of three for The Blue Peter Book Award’s Most Fun Story...
Chuckles For Mr Gum
Online magazine, Families Oxfordshire, has reviewed Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree by Andy Stanton: ‘the arrival of a new Mr Gum has everyone chuckling . . . There is little point...
Andy Dazzles The Irish
Mr Gum and The Cherry Tree by Andy Stanton was the editor’s choice in the Children’s Books Ireland’s Recommended Reading Guide: “Andy Stanton dazzles the pants off in this rule-breaking riot, complemented...
Gleeful Books!
“Stanton loves language the way a freshly-bathed dog loves mud -” says The Telegraph of Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree by Andy Stanton, “he rolls around in it with a naughty,...
Third Most Borrowed Title
The Scarborough Evening News reported Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree by Andy Stanton as being the third most borrowed children’s fiction title from libraries during July 2010.
Cherry Tree's Big in Hove
According to ‘Culture Map’ in The Observer’s Culture magazine, Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree by Andy Stanton is the third bestselling book at The Book Nook in Hove. Thank you, Book Nook,...
More Success for Andy
More books from Andy Stanton‘s Mr Gum series have been snapped up by Patmos (Germany), Nha Nam Publishing (Vietnam), and Forlaget Carlsen of the Egmont Group (Denmark). Back in the UK, BBC 5 Live reviewed Mr Gum...
Top Summer Reads
Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree by Andy Stanton was picked for the Glasgow Evening Times’ Top 10 Summer Reads: ‘. . . riotous adventure.’
Irish Times Review
Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree was reviewed by The Irish Times: “Andy Stanton‘s Mr Gum books are hugely popular with young readers and it’s not hard… …to see why.” It was also...
Independent Top 20 For Andy
Andy Stanton‘s Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree is the only children’s book in the Independent Retailers’ Top 20.
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