Tom Gates Trio

Suitable for 9 – 11 years

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Three brilliant comedies from a Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning series. Warning! Do not attempt to read these books in public. You will snigger loudly!

Tom Gates is a master of excuses, expert doodler, comic story writer extraordinaire – and the bane of his grumpy teacher, Mr Fullerman. And in his wacky journals, you’ll find all sorts of comic craziness to make you groan with glee! Tom’s battered homework diaries are crammed with his scribbles, stories and cartoons – as well as comments from the long-suffering Mr Fullerman. What with his awful big sister Delia, his band Dogzombies (rock stars in the making) AND the school disco, Tom’s life isn’t always easy. But it is laugh-out-loud hilarious!

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Liz Pichon

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When Liz was little, she loved to draw, paint and make things. Her mum used to say she was very good at making a mess (which is still true today!).

She kept drawing and went to art school, where she earned a degree in graphic design. She worked as a designer and art director in the music industry, and her freelance work has appeared on a wide variety of products.

Liz is the author-illustrator of several picture books. Tom Gates is the first series of books she has written and illustrated for older children. They have won several prestigious awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and the Blue Peter Book Award. The books have been translated into forty-one languages worldwide.

Visit her at www.lizpichon.com

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  1. Concerned parent
    on 2 November 2012

    More dumbing down!

    While these series may be funny for today's pre-teen generation, it is a blatant example of our continuous obsession with dumbing down the literature we offer our kids. The language used is meant for under 5s, the subjects approached cater to the brainless pursuits of the electronic games generations, the minimalist illustrations are meant to suggest again to our children that if they "do their best" - no matter how abismal the product of their efforts are - they are brilliant. Well, they are NOT. If - by the age of 7 - you are not able to draw more than stick people - find another way to express yourself because you clearly do not have any talents in drawing - and there is nothing wrong with that, you may become a brilliant philosopher some day, don't waste your time sketching with pencils and crayons!
    I honestly regret having allowed my daughter to chose her own book at the school book fair. This was the biggest waste of £6.99 since I let her buy "The diaries of a Wimpy Kid"!!

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