Tom Gates #20: Happy to Help (eventually) Award-winning author by Liz Pichon (author and illustrator)

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The top-of-the-class, extra special 20th book from multi-million copy selling author and illustrator Liz Pichon. A feel-good, laugh-out-loud, packed-with-pictures Tom Gates story! It’s TIDY UP Saturday, but Tom is VERY busy relaxing and not helping out much. Until he spots the art box of his dreams in a shop window and everything changes. He’s suddenly focused on earning extra pocket money and helping with EVERYTHING. But nothing quite goes to plan. Washing and shrinking Delia’s clothes isn’t a good start. And the hours spent carefully cleaning cars with Derek are ruined overnight when a storm hits Oakfield Town, causing even MORE chaos. At this rate it’s going to take a MILLION years for Tom to get the art box of his dreams… or will it?

ABOUT THE SERIES:

Written in diary form
Every page STUFFED full of laughs, stories, doodles and creative FUN
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates was the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize!
Perfect gifts for boys & girls who love to laugh themselves silly
The first series of The Brilliant World of Tom Gates won the Scottish BAFTA for Entertainment!

Don’t miss Shoe Wars - the epic standalone by Liz Pichon.

Our October 2022 Ages 7-8 Book of the Month

Our book of the month for children ages 7+ is the brand new Tom Gates book: Happy to Help (Eventually). This is the twentieth book in Liz Pichon’s best-selling series and is sure to be a hit with any existing Tom Gates fans, or any fans of highly illustrated series such as Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Dork Diaries.

This is a feel-good, laugh-out-loud story; every page is stuffed full of laughs, stories, doodles and creativity! The Tom Gates series is a perfect way to get reluctant readers interested in books.

Olivia - Book Club Editor, Ages 7+

Product Details

Catalogue number

600 in SCB Offer May 2025

Series

Tom Gates (book 20)

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9780702313424

Date published

October 13th, 2022

Lexile measure

630L

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 3.9; Middle years; 3.0 points

Other details

256 pages

Condition

New

Part of this Series

Tom Gates

Author/Illustrator

Liz Pichon

When Liz was little, she loved to draw, paint and make things. Her mum used to say she was very good at making a mess (which is still true today!).

She kept drawing and went to art school, where she earned a degree in graphic design. She worked as a designer and art director in the music industry, and her freelance work has appeared on a wide variety of products.

Liz is the author-illustrator of several picture books. Tom Gates is the first series of books she has written and illustrated for older children. They have won several prestigious awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and the Blue Peter Book Award. The books have been translated into forty-one languages worldwide.

Visit her at www.lizpichon.com