Its time for action, said Mr Gum to nobody in particular. Nasty action.Good evening. Mr Gum is a complete horror who hates children, animals, fun and corn on the cob. This books all about him. And an angry fairy who lives in his bathtub. And Jake the dog, and a little girl called Polly. And theres heroes and sweets and adventures and EVERYTHING.
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To get straight to it David Walliams is the closest like-for-like swap, Mr Gum is the one for kids who loved the pure silliness of Dahl, and The Terrible Two is the one for the kid who loves a bit of scheming. The full list below matches each one to what your child actually loves […]
Funny“If it ain’t broke…” a saying that’s heard a lot in this house. As someone who’ll happily hyperfixate (hello buzzword) on things, I relate hard to this topic. For example: So we’ve all got things we stick with. (Some of us more than others, hold your judgement please.) Why your child only reads one author […]
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