Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire (Mr Gum)

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Completely hilarious . . . kind of The League of Gentlemen for kids' Zoe Ball Shabba me whiskers! It's a bold new look for Mr Gum, the best-selling cult classic, ready for a new generation of nibbleheads. Mr Gum is back in this second hilarious book and he's as nasty as ever! In fact, he's absolutely grimsters. But this book's not just about him. Meet a gingerbread man named Alan Taylor who has electric muscles! Plus, all our favourite characters are also back: the little girl called Polly, the evil butcher called Billy William The Third, and the very wise man, Friday O'Leary. And, who could forget loveable Jake the dog, or the angry fairy who lives in Mr Gum's bathtub and whacks him on the head with a frying-pan Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire is the second book in the internationally best-selling series by Andy Stanton, which has won everything from the Blue Peter Book Award (twice) to the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Red House Childrens Book Award. Don't miss Mr Gum's other villainously brilliant adventures... You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum! Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire Mr Gum and the Goblins Mr Gum and the Power Crystals Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear What's for Dinner, Mr Gum Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout

Reviews

Completely hilarious . . . kind of The League of Gentlemen for kids', Zoe Ball

'They're the funniest books . . . I can't recommend them enough', Stephen Mangan

''My kids are reading the Mr Gum books. SO GREAT' Lauren Laverne, BBC Radio 6 DJ, TV presenter, author and comedian

'Smooky palooki! This book is well brilliant! Andy Stanton is far too clever and funny and should be locked away in a very dark place that nobody can find' Jeremy Strong, bestselling author of The-Hundred-A-Mile-An-Hour Dog

'They're properly funny, those books' India Knight, bestselling author of My Life on a Plate

'Funny You bet' Guardian

'Andy Stanton accumulates silliness and jokes in an irresitible, laughter-inducing romp' Sunday Times

'Raucous, revoltingly rambunctious and nose-snortingly funny' Daily Mail

'It provoked long and painful belly laughs from my daughter who is eight' Daily Telegraph

'As always, Stanton has a ball with dialogue, detail and devilish plot twists' Scotsman

'They are fantasticthey are brilliant books for adults to read as well I fully recommend them' Zoe Ball live on BBC Radio 2

'A riotous read' Sunday Express', REVIEWS FOR THE RIOTOUSLY FUNNY MR GUM

Author Bio

Andy Stanton studied English at Oxford, and worked as a film script reader, a cartoonist, an NHS lackey and lots of other things. He has many interests, but best of all he likes Radio 4, books and music (even jazz). His books have won the Red House Children's Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award for 'The Most Fun Story with Pictures', the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Award. Kate Winslet is a hugely successful Hollywood actress with film credits including THE READER, for which she won an Academy Award for best Actress, ENIGMA, IRIS and TITANIC.