Time Out’s 100 Best Kids Books has You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! at No. 9. This was Andy Stanton‘s debut and was the start of a  million-selling series…

in the UK and is now published in 30 territories.

Time Out say:

“Stanton shares a knack for the delightfully horrid and intelligently silly with Roald Dahl and Roddy Doyle. Mr Gum is a miserable, lazy, greedy man who wants to poison a loveable dog who keeps messing up his garden. Can a plucky young girl, a heroic boho and the mutt himself foil Gum’s evil plans? A modern gem.

Best for: Ages 7–10

In a nutshell: Inventive, intelligent nonsense”

See the Time Out Top Ten here

Buy the series here

To draw up their list of 100 best children’s books, Time Out asked their own team of writers, kids‘ book experts and several of the best children’s bookshops in London for their personal top ten favourites. They also asked a host of authors and illustrators including Cressida Cowell, Charlie Higson, John Boyne, Chris Riddle, Jeremy Strong, Sophie Kinsella and Terry Deary, as well as the current UK Children’s Laureate, Chris Riddell. Read on to see who they picked.

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