You’re A Bad Man
Look At Me, I'm A Joke!
Andy Stanton’s You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! featured in Made for Mums’ 10 Best books for 7 year olds. Nina Koo-Seen-Lin said that it’s a “splendid book and the others that follow it will leave you…...
Bedtime On Liverpool St
The Bookseller featured pictures of children in pyjamas on a big bed on Liverpool Street Station, listening to You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! by Andy Stanton as commuters rushed by… …the event was supported...
Another Award for Andy
Congratulations to Andy Stanton, who will be at Borders Leicester on June 11th to receive the Leicestershire Children’s Book Award for You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! Runners up were Michael Morpurgo’s Born...
Another Award for Andy
Andy Stanton has won the Heart of Hawick Award for You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! An award ceremony was held last week where Mr Gum was voted the children’s favourite.
Time Out Interviews Andy
In a Time Out (March 27th 2008) article about children’s book groups, Andy Stanton was pictured and interviewed with children who had invited him to their group shortly before he won...
Egmont Poland Wins Mr Gum
Polish publisher, Egmont, beat off the competition this week to win the right to publish the first four books in Andy Stanton‘s Mr Gum series. They plan to bring out...
'It's A Whopper And A Half!
A fantastic review of Andy Stanton‘s You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! appeared on the US Funny Books for Kids website, Threesillychicks: ‘…read it for yourself. You really should. It’s a whopper and a...
Bookseller's Top Ten
Andy Stanton‘s You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! was picked out by Waterstones Bookseller, Sarah Skinner, in her top ten of children’s books in the Evening News Norwich. ‘Roald Dahl meets Oscar...
Bad Man In America Today!
You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! will be out in the US on 19th February (2008). They will follow Egmont, the UK publishers of Andy Stanton‘s series, by publishing one book every...
Loopy Comic Talent
You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! Audiobook was reviewed in The Telegraph today: ‘Andy Stanton‘s eccentric misanthrope may be a relation of Roald Dahl’s miserablest, but his creator has a...
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