The WRINKLIES are KEEN on giving presents AND they're planning a FAMILY OUTING too, which is going to be EPIC.

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Tom remembers other fun times he’s had, like metal detecting with Uncle Kevin and the cousins or inventing a new secret language with Derek. I loved writing stories when I was at school, but I was just hopeless at spelling, hopeless at grammar, so it gets drummed into your head that it’s something other people do,” she says. Enjoy a book every day packed with how-to-doodles, mega make-and-do activities and stories to share, starring all your favourite characters, including Rooster, Marcus, Delia and Amy.

She creates a story map for each book, noting down small events that will take place during her narrative – Derek gets a dog; homework excuse; squirrel wars – and fleshes them out into funny stories. Love the writing and illustration style of them and they always inspires my son to illustrate things himself too. This unique volume includes a hilarious new Tom Gates novella AND a whole bunch of doodle-tastic activities.

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Because I am freelance and my husband is too, I’m so used to always trying to work out what I’m going to do next and being on the edge. He attends Oakfield Primary School where he is in Mr Fullerman's Class 5F, under headmaster Mr Keen. Children in his class include Marcus Meldrew (who sits next to and consistently annoys Tom in class), and Amy Porter (who also sits next to Tom, but whom Tom hopes to impress). Keen fans who want to ensure they have the full T om Gates book collection may also want to know that a 96-page World Book Day special was released in 2013. Full of Tom's honest, silly, laugh-out-loud funny scribbles and stories — and a doodle-filled glossary to help Canadian kids make sense of British terms — this follow-up to the Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner The Brilliant World of Tom Gates is guaranteed to have readers in stitches!Tom remembers other fun times he's had, like metal detecting with Uncle Kevin and the cousins or inventing a new secret language with Derek. This book is VERY important because it contains BISCUITS, BANDS and all my (doodled) plans (top secret of course) to make us global superstars and DogZombies the BEST band in the world. Published in 2011, it was nominated for several prestigious awards in literature, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. A fantastic new Tom Gates book — packed with original stories, create-your-own monster cut-outs and endless doodling fun! The first book in the series, The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, was published in 2011 and won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, a Red House Children's Book Award and a Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

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The top-of-the-class, extra special new bestseller from multi-million copy selling author and illustrator Liz Pichon. We have made a gradual transition from sharing the reading to me just helping with occasional words. by Plastic Cup;Shout it Outby Dude3;Delia’s A Weirdoby DogZombies;The Cat Songby DogZombies;The School Dinner Blues (Chips Song)by DogZombies. Doodling on his plaster cast helps to pass the time, along withvisits from family (with treats), friends and even Rooster managingto sneak in. Square-Eyed Pat, about a telly addict dog, was published in 2003, followed by My Big Brother Boris, in which Little Croc and his brother live in a swamp.

We discovered that he had various different things like hearing problems, speech problems, and as we were going through the process with him, they always talked to the parents, and everything they were saying was like, well, you’re probably dyslexic. Stuff like: inventing new ways to annoy his sister Delia (so many); band practice for the Dogzombies (rock stars in the making! Angela is the kind of parent who wants to discuss the latest hero movie or middle-grade book series on the school run. She is best known for her Tom Gates series of "satirical realist comedy fiction", which has been translated into 46 languages and sold more than fourteen million copies worldwide.

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Tom, who is around 10, strides on to the page fully formed, informing the reader of his love of chatting and caramel wafers, his best friend Derek, his annoying sister Delia, his teacher Mr Fullerman, filling the pages with his doodles. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. British author and illustrator Liz Pichon began her career as a graphic design artist creating cover art for a music label.Packed with hilarious tales of the everyday life of rambunctious 10 year old, titles in the Tom Gates series are some of the bestselling fiction books across the world. This year also saw the launch of The Brilliant World of Tom Gates on Sky Kids TV, with voices including Catherine Tate and Mark Bonnar – and Pichon herself doing her crafts and drawings; her parts were filmed during lockdowns in her home studio with the help of her music producer husband. Liz Pichon’s award-winning Tom Gates book series has sold more than 14 million copies round the world in 47 languages. My school reports all said I had issues with reading, writing, maths, everything – but it was never really picked up. Heavily illustrated with copious doodles, descriptions turn into hilarious drawings where imagination runs wild.