Andy Stanton
Andy Stanton is an English children's writer and blues singer. He grew up in the London suburbs of Harrow and Pinner and attended the Latymer School in Hammersmith. He lives in North London.
Books
Danny McGee Drinks The Sea
Author: Andy Stanton Illustrator: Neal Layton
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Interest age: 1+
Reading age: 3+
Can a boy really drink the sea? This book is pure anarchy and will have the whole family falling on the floor with tears of laughter running down their faces.
Going to the Volcano
Author: Andy Stanton Illustrator: Miguel Ordonez
Publisher: Hodder Children’s Books
Interest age: 4-7
Reading age: 5+
Dwayne is heading off with Jane to look at the volcano. But when they get there, they have a bit of a shock! This hilarious and anarchic picture book from the author of the Mr Gum series is ideal for reading aloud.
Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree
Author: Andy Stanton Illustrator: David Tazzyman
Publisher: Egmont
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 7+
There's a touch of fever in the air and Old Granny O’Leary leads the school children into the Forest of Runtus with unpredictable results.
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear
Author: Andy Stanton Illustrator: David Tazzyman
Publisher: Egmont
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 8+
Mr Gum is a very nasty man. He is mean, cruel, smelly and ruthless and has a dastardly plan to make money out of Padlock the bear.
Mr Gum and the Goblins
Author: Andy Stanton Illustrator: David Tazzyman
Publisher: Egmont
Interest age: 6+
Reading age: 6+
The third in Stanton's wickedly surreal series about the dastardly (and disgusting) Mr Gum - smelly, anarchic, entertaining, over-the-top and outrageous.
Sterling and the Canary
Author: Andy Stanton
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 8+
Sterling Thaxton is handsome, popular and good at sport...
The Story of Matthew Buzzington
Author: Andy Stanton
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Reading age: 8+
Matthew Buzzington is a boy who is desperate to turn himself into a fly!
What's For Dinner, Mr Gum?
Author: Andy Stanton Illustrator: David Tazzyman
Publisher: Egmont
Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 8+
The Battle of Lamonic Bibber begins when Friday O'Leary, Polly and Alan Taylor depart for a little seaside time...
When I Was a Child
Author: Andy Stanton & David Litchfield
Publisher: Hodder Children’s Books
Interest age: 4-7
Reading age: 6+
A Grandma talks to her granddaughter about all the magic she has seen in the world, in this picture book that brings the soft, bright nostalgia of childhood alive and captures those "when I was your age" conversations beautifully.
You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum!
Author: Andy Stanton Illustrator: David Tazzyman
Publisher: Egmont
Interest age: 5+
Reading age: 6+
Mr Gum is an extremely nasty man who hates everyone and lives in a disgusting tip of a house.