This book is part of a book series called Mr Gum .
This book was published 2012 by AudioGO Limited .
Andy Stanton lives in North London. He studied English at Oxford and has been a film script reader, a cartoonist, an NHS lackey and lots of other things. He has many interests, but best of all he likes cartoons, books and music (even jazz).
This book is in the following series:
Mr Gum
Mr Gum is a mean, grumpy old man with "two bloodshot eyes that stare out at you like an octopus in a bat cave. He hates most everything including children. Our heroine - the kind nine year old Polly - must try to stop Mr. Gum's evil plots in this hilarious series.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Branford Boase Award
This book was recognised by the Branford Boase Award. The Branford Boase Award is awarded annually for an outstanding first novel to a first-time writer of a book for young people. At the same time, it marks the important contribution of the editor in identifying and nurturing new talent.
Blue Peter Book Award
This book was recognised in the Most Fun Story with Pictures category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.
