One day he’d like to live in New York or Berlin or one of those places because he’s got fantasies of bohemia. 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 Children's Book Award. Luckily I found success as a commercial illustrator quite quickly and have illustrated campaigns for Cream, Bass, Natwest, Vodafone, Orange, Yahoo, Fiat and We Love Muzic among others. 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? You have the option to opt-out of all non-necessary cookies, although doing so may have an adverse effect on your browsing experience.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.As well as illustrating the Mr Gum series, he has illustrated many picture books including Eleanor’s Eyebrows, You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus, Michael Rosen’s Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots and My Mum’s Growing Down by Laura Dockrill. The series has won numerous awards, including the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Red House Children’s Book Award and two Blue Peter Book Awards. To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose. It’s a bold new look for Mr Gum, the best-selling cult classic, ready for a new generation of nibbleheads. Advertisement cookies are used by third parties (such as YouTube) to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns off-site.

For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The robbers dashed and their teeth gnashed and the rain lashed and the thunder crashed and the lightning flashed and the puddles splashed and the pigs in the fields went oinkety-oink. This was a runaway success and I feel very privileged to have worked with the brilliant author Andy Stanton.Today he is best-known for the hilarious and much-loved Mr Gum books, which are published in 34 countries worldwide in over 30 languages. 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? My career in children's books started in 2006 when I was approached by Egmont to do the Mr Gum series of books. I’ve read this twice to my three kids, and bought another for our friend’s seven-year old daughter My 15 year-old still roars at it and I end up making large animal-like snorts.