Showing results by author "Liz Pichon"

From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Red House Children's Book Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013 comes the 14th instalment in the brilliant Tom Gates series! Tom Gates and his hilarious adventures are back! Can Tom and DogZombies write a new hit song, get a peek at Delia's top secret diary and complete his doodle-a-day mission?

The tenth exciting story in the best-selling Tom Gates series... Look out! Tom, Delia and the whole Gates family are going on holiday. How will Tom manage to keep himself busy on the most boring campsite ever? By doodling, of course!

Crammed with stories and sniggers, this hysterical journal brings you more manic mayhem from the crazy world of Tom Gates. No school for two whole weeks leaves Tom with heaps of time for the important things in life. Yeah! He can forget all about lessons and the irritating Marcus Meldrew and save his energy for good stuff! Stuff like: inventing new ways to annoy his sister Delia. (So many).

Tom Gates Extra Special Treats is about hard work, annoyance and humiliation - and is as brilliantly entertaining as the rest of the series. It's really cold outside, and we're all hoping it's going to snow. Yeah! Derek and I could make a snow Rooster and have a snowball fight (look out, Delia!). Granny Mavis has started to knit me a new winter jumper, but by the looks of things I'm not sure it's going to fit....

Honest, silly, and laugh-out-loud funny...the first book in Liz Pichon's hugely popular, award-winning Tom Gates series. Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late homework: dog attacks, spilt water, lightning... Tom's exercise book is full of his doodles, cartoons and thoughts as well as comments from his long-suffering teacher, Mr Fullerton.

Tips for being top of the class (sadly...I did none of these things). Stay awake in lessons (it helps). Don't draw hilarious pictures of your teachers. Avoid the class bully to stay out of trouble. Don't let Mum and Dad write anything in your school planner. Don't let your grumpy sister, Delia, boss you around. (Technically not a school issue - but still important.) I'm trying to get voted onto the school council as well - but thanks to the above list it's not exactly going to plan.

The highs and lows of Tom's life are funnier and more extreme than ever in this fourth wicked diary from the Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning series! Seeing Delia without her sunglasses on is a big shock for Tom, but that's nothing compared with the surprise that Dad has in store with his newfound fitness regime! He says he's going to compete at the school Sports Day. Can you even imagine the horrendous shame that will bring? Meanwhile Tom, Derek and Norman are also busy with a training regime of their own.

The 13th hilarious audiobook in the ever-popular Tom Gates series! Having two sets of grandparents is turning out to be VERY GOOD for me. The wrinkles are KEEN on giving presents, AND they're planning a FAMILY OUTING, too, which is going to be EPIC! Delia wants to come as well. (Why?) I can always ignore her.

Back to school, but it's not all bad. Sports Day, the school fair and Tom's birthday are all coming up. And even better, his awful big sister, Delia, won't be at any of those events! On the downside, Granny Mavis is threatening to make his birthday cake – uh-oh! But on the other hand, Mr Keen has asked Dogzombies to perform in front of the whole school! Yeah! Maybe they can even play at the school disco, too. How can the term turn out any less than seriously amazing?

Here's my excellent plan to make DogZombies the best band in the whole wide world! How hard can it be? (Very.) Right now I'm going to: 1. Write more songs (not about teachers). 2. Make a spectacular music video (easy). 3. Get some sleep (tricky when you're being kept awake by loud noises). 4. Annoy Delia (nothing to do with DogZombies but always fun).

The latest hilarious audiobook in the ever-popular Tom Gates series! Working hard on my school project, I've found out ALL kinds of interesting facts I wasn't expecting to. Stuff like: Mum and Dad got together because of cake. (Full story inside). Cats sleep for 70% of their lives. Peppermint ice cream is just wrong. (True.).

Tom is off on a school activity trip in the fifth instalment in Liz Pichon's best-selling series. Exciting news! Mr Fullerman announces that class 5F are going on an activity break! Which should be fun. As long as I don't get stuck in a group with anyone who snores or, worse still, with...Marcus Meldrew. Delia is already threatening to paint my room funny colours while I'm away. Which is annoying. I just hope the only surprise I have when I get home is the new pet that I hear Mum and Dad talking about.

From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Best Book for Younger Readers-Red House Children's Book Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 5-12 year olds and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013 comes the eighth amazing instalment of the brilliant Tom Gates series!

From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Red House Children's Book Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013 comes the seventh amazing installment of Tom Gates' adventures! Will Tom and his band, Dogzombies, be lucky enough to win the Rockweekly Bandbattle competition? They just might be if they could find time to practice!

Tom ist total aus dem Häuschen. Die Vorbereitungen für seine Geburtstagsparty laufen auf Hochtouren. Nun muss er nur noch sichergehen, dass alles nach Plan läuft. Was gar nicht so einfach ist, wenn man eine Oma hat, die Geburtstagstorten mit Würstchen-Garnitur für eine Delikatesse hält. Oder wenn Papa meint, dass ein DJ im Dino-Kostüm und mit Glitzerstiefeln total angesagt ist. Oh Mann!

Tom wünscht sich einen Hund. Aber leider wird da nichts draus, weil seine nervige Schwester Delia allergisch gegen Hunde ist. Voll unfair! Immerhin ist Tom auch allergisch gegen Delia, und die darf trotzdem mit ihm unter einem Dach leben... Also konzentriert sich Tom jetzt auf den Musikwettbewerb eines Magazins. Ob er und seine Band, die Dogzombies, wohl eine Chance haben? Das wäre einfach genial!

Tom kann sein Glück kaum fassen: Die Schulheizung fällt aus und alle bekommen Kältefrei - einfach genial! Wären da nur nicht die neuen Nachbarn, die unerklärlicherweise Toms laute DUDE3-Musik ganz und gar nicht mögen, und Omas oberpeinliche Strickmütze in Form einer Torte, die Tom auf keinen Fall tragen kann.

Sensationelle Neuigkeiten: Eine Klassenfahrt steht an! Das klingt nach jeder Menge Spaß, und Tom hat schon einige Spitzenideen (Mitternachtsparty, Streiche aushecken, Nachtwanderung...). Das könnte die absolut beste Zeit seines Lebens werden! Doch dann stellt er fest, dass er blöderweise vergessen hat, das Anmeldeformular abzugeben. Und dass er ein Zimmer mit dem obernervigsten Typen der Welt teilen soll. Da sind gute Lösungen gefragt!

Katastrophe! Papa Gates hat angekündigt, am Sportwettbewerb von Toms Schule teilzunehmen. Das kann nur wieder eine total peinliche Nummer werden, die Toms Ruf für immer ruinieren wird. Er muss das um jeden Preis verhindern! Und dann ist da noch dieser Talentwettbewerb, den Tom als angehender Rockstar unbedingt gewinnen muss.

Tom hat es echt nicht leicht. Irgendeine höhere Macht möchte um jeden Preis verhindern, dass er eine gute Note für seine Hausaufgabe bekommt. Ständig schlägt das Unheil in Form von RIESENGLÄSERN Wasser, ausgelaufenen Füllern, gefräßigen Hunden oder von Bazillen befallenen Papierseiten zu. Und er kann nun mal wirklich nichts dafür, dass er kurz vor seinem Auftritt mit der oberpeinlichen Schulband von einem furchtbaren Instrumentenarmleiden ereilt wird! Einfach zum Totlachen! Ein Muss für alle Tom-Fans und die, die es noch werden wollen!