Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear
Blue Peter Book Award 2009
Andy Stanton and illustrator David Tazzyman have been shortlisted for The Blue Peter Book Awards for the second year running. Last year they won the Most Fun Story with Pictures category with You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! This year Mr Gum and...
Dancing Bear in the Tube!
From 1st – 14th December 08 posters will appear on 300 London Underground sites and 98 British Rail sites advertising Andy Stanton‘s books. This campaign will tie in with the large number...
Dancing Bear in Borders
Everyone’s backing Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear this Christmas! Andy Stanton‘s latest will also be included in Christmas promotions by Borders and Play.com.
Dancing Bear in WHSmith
WHS Christmas promotion started on 29th September, with Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear in the Kids’ front of store gift zone in 300 stores. This is backed up by the children’s authors ‘in range’ promotion, which features the other four titles in Andy Stanton‘s Mr Gum series .
Dancing Bear in Waterstones
From November, Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear will be in Waterstone’s Christmas promotion. Andy Stanton‘s fifth book in the Mr Gum series will be a ‘fiction multibuy’ in all stores and in their catalogue.
Mr Gum: 'A Sheer Pleasure'
Andy Stanton‘s Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear was reviewed on The Book Bag website: ‘It really is one of those books that, however embarrassing it might be to read on...
Funnier Than Ever
The Jewish Chronicle reviewed Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton: ‘…specialising in unlikely similies (‘silent as an avocado’), Stanton is funnier than ever. David Tazzyman’s exuberant line drawings are accompanied by zany maps.’
Roald Dahl Funny Prize
In an interview with Sophie Dahl on Radio Four’s Today Programme, it was announced that Andy Stanton‘s Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear has been short listed for The Roald Dahl Funny...
Dancing Bear Out Today
Today is the official release date for Andy Stanton‘s fifth Mr Gum book, Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear. This gorgeous round-the-world adventure… …actually went on sale for the first time...
Dancing Bear Gets Them Reading
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton had a great review in The Birmingham Post last weekend: ‘…There are some serious undertones to this story about friendship and how we...
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