Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear
Perfect for Reluctant Readers
Sainsbury’s Magazine recommended Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear as the ideal book to encourage reluctant readers to read. Andy Stanton‘s wonderful book was “ideal for newly fluent readers,” they said.
Mr Gum Award for Andy
Andy Stanton has won yet another award for Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear. This time it is the Surry Libraries’ Children’s Book Award for books for 7-9s. See the short list...
Nomination For Mr Gum
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by has been longlisted for the UKLA Children’s Book Award 2010 in the 3 – 11 category. Judging for this award is by young...
Mr Gum Is Agony Uncle!
What’s For Dinner, Mr Gum?? is on the front cover of this month’s TBK magazine. Mr Gum is the guest agony uncle with adouble page feature on his ‘advice’ to readers. The book...
Belly Laughs!
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton was a book “All Children Deserve to Own” in Yours magazine: “Slapstick verbal humour at its best – likely to produce great belly laughs.”
'It Got Bloody!'
Andy Stanton talked about the process of judging the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in an interview in The Times Educational Supplement. ‘We all made shortlists, then pooled them a couple...
Sunday Times Books
The Sunday Times recommended Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton as a book to fire children’s imagination in the Sunday Times Books for Schools feature this week.
Andy and Mr Gum Thrill Fans
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton has won the Portsmouth Book Award for the shorter novel category. Other shortlisted books were: David Almond: “My dad’s a birdman” Anne Fine: “Ivan the...
Stanton to Judge Funny Prize
Andy Stanton, who won the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2008 with Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear, will judge this years prize alongside comedian Bill Bailey, chairman Michael...
Independent Book Awards
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton has been shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers’ Book Prize 2009. There is an Independent Booksellers’ Week from the 15th to the 22nd June...
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