We love Andy Stanton's hilarious Mr Gum series, so we were very pleased when he spoke to us
about his brand new book Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout!
Describe Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout in five words
Idiotic, nonsensical, funny, don't know... I ran out of words after three!
If you could be any of your characters who would you choose and why?
Polly who's the nine-year-old heroine. She's the only one who ever knows what's going on.
She's the only one with any sense!
How did you come up with such a ridiculous name for Jammy Grammy Lammy F'Huppa F'Huppa Berlin
Stereo Eo Eo Lebb C'Yepp Nermonica Le Straypek De Grespin De Crespin De Spespin De Vespin
De Whoop De Loop
De Brunkle Merry Christmas Lenoir otherwise known as Polly?
I thought if I was a kid and I was reading this book I'd want to be confronted with the longest,
most stupid, craziest, maddest name I've ever heard. So that's what I did!
What's your favourite children's book?
The Eighteenth Emergency by Betsy Byars.
