You have the option to opt-out of all non-necessary cookies, although doing so may have an adverse effect on your browsing experience. 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. Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire is the second book of the Mr Gum series which was published in 2007. One day he’d like to live in New York or Berlin or one of those places because he’s got fantasies of bohemia. 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.

I have since illustrated the Agatha Parrot series by Kjartan Poskitt and The Donut Diaries series by Anthony McGowan. 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?

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. My career in children's books started in 2006 when I was approached by Egmont to do the Mr Gum series of books. It’s a bold new look for Mr Gum, the best-selling cult classic, ready for a new generation of nibbleheads. 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.

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. 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. 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. This was a runaway success and I feel very privileged to have worked with the brilliant author Andy Stanton. 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.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.