Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear
I Was Screaming With Delight!
Andy Stanton was talking about Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear on Radio Five Live’s Simon Mayo show today. Andy was also discussing books by Keith Gray and J K Rowling… John Noel...
Brilliant – The Daily Mail
In last Saturday’s Daily Mail, Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton was a recommended book for Christmas: “This is marvellous madness with equally outrageous line drawings – brilliant for reading...
Perfect Stocking Filler
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton was reviewed in The Sunday Times Christmas book round-up: “Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear is written like a stand-up monologue…and is a perfect...
Children Will Groan
The Daily Telegraph reviewed Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton in last weekend’s Christmas round-ups: “Stanton has a wicked sense of humour; children will groan if the story is not...
Charlie Higson Says Buy It!
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton was picked in a round-up by Charlie Higson for The Mail on Sunday 2:”I urge you to buy it for any child you...
Side-splitting Story
tBk Magazine reviewd Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton: “Another side-splitting story from the Mr Gum series and the crazy townsfolk of Lamonic Bibber are up to their old...
Michael Rosen On Roald Dahl Prize
The Guardian Review published an article by Michael Rosen today in which he talks about coming up with the idea of a prize for the funniest children’s book. “It’s...
Telegraph Reports on Dahl Prize
The Daily Telegraph report today (14th Nov 08) on the Roald Dahl Funny Prize awards, included a review by Sam Leith of the winning book in the 7 – 14 category, Mr Gum...
Dahl Prize for Dancing Bear
Andy Stanton and illustrator David Tazzyman won the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize yesterday with Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear in the 7-14 category, fighting off stiff competition from Louise Rennison, Frank...
'Deliciously Funny!'
BBC Online News reported on the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, awarded to Andy Stanton today for his fifth book, Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear:’The author, who was thrown out of Oxford...
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