Happy to Help (Eventually)

Tom Gates #20

by Liz Pichon

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?

Genres: Childrens

Paperback

About the author

L. Pichon says that when she was little, she loved to draw, and her mom said she was very good at making a mess (this is still true today). She kept drawing, went to art school, became a designer and art director at Jive Records, and began to publish children’s books. After its publication in the U.K., The Brilliant World of Tom Gates won several prestigious awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize, and the Blue Peter Book Award. L. Pichon lives in Brighton, England, with her family.

Reviews

[Sathvik Balasubramanian]

I have always loved the Tom Gates books and this carries on that. It is a very entertaining book with the numerous drawings and the stories told are immaculate and extremely relatable. I would definitely recommend this book to young readers out there.

[Charley]

E - Exciting
P - Phenomenal
I - Interesting
C - Casual

[Nirvana]

reverting back to my past self completely I'm tucked under a table reading garbage fiction. god I love it

[Ruby Evans]

Very enjoyable and exciting too see what would happen to toms pants!

[L Dailly]

Great book I like the feeling of the paper

[Florence Mayes]

AMAZING

[Sri Kavish]

Best book ever

[Leo]

New Tom Gates book, nothing wrong if it. If you have ever read Tom Gates, this is a would recommend.

[Kavya Ghaju]

I liked the book it was soo funny when tom lost his pants when storm delia was going on👩🏻🧑🏼

[Pablito Shields]

Me encantan los libros de Tom Gates y este me ha gustado mucho por las tantas cosas que puede hacer él y sus amigos en un solo libro. También la parte en la que Tom pierde sus calzoncillos en un arbol es graciosa.

[Abigail Yarwood]

This is a really good book to read if you want something quick and easy to read but still fun and it makes you laugh.

[Austin Ajit]

Tom needs to get the ARTBOX OF HIS DREAMS, so he’s doing tons of boring chores , from car washing which made his back to ache , to washing the clothes( he accidentally shrunk his sister Delia’s cloths) , he goes on making trouble .But when a bad storm destroys their school library ad Marcus(the annoying frenemy of Tom )s cat goes missing ,it’s up to tom to save the day!
This was a convivial book , and I loved it !The doodles just made it even better!My favourite part is when toms pants get stuck on the tree .The book was pretty awesome!

[Lill ♡]

de boeken over tom groot blijven altijd leuk!

[Ethan Jung]

I like this book because it has information and cool things I can do.
Tom's friend Dereck is his best friends and Tom's friend Normen is silly and speak funny jokes.
You know that his friends all help to raise moneys for Toms dream THE ART BOX.

Dereck almost always help Tom because it his friend obviously and Tom's sister Delia sometimes she is kind.

This book has narratives like resolution, tense and setting which I like.

[Emma Peter]

This book is one of my favourites it’s such a funny one and number two. I like the bit where the art book is and that’s so funny that the art book the art show for whatever it was yeah so it’s a really really good book and the author who made it well done for fasting and all of that so yeah it’s brilliant book.

[Aron Lee]

I think TOM GATES is the GOAT!
G- GREATEST
O- OF
A- ALL
T- TIME

It is funny and exiting.
I highly recommend other kids to read this book.

Tom is trying to get his ARTS BOX OF DREAMS then he will need enough pocket $$ then the story begins.

[Anshu]

Every page is new. Amazing as always. If I was in his place I would have wanted the Art Box as well. I love how no matter how hard he tries, Tom leaves chaos behind. The storm was like him in that way.

[Lydia Lee]

It was good and funny because Tom’s pants were famously funny.

[Holly]

4.25 stars

[Olivia]

Good book read in a hour and a half nice for a pallet clenser

[Amelia]

So good and loved the jokes like the owner of the libary : Page Turner.😂😂😂

[Reece]

Good!

[Kobe Lee]

Really good book and really fun to read

[Oana]

So cool, my students love it!

[Rowan]

Another Amazing Tom Gates book for the series. To anyone who liked this book I recommend reading the other books in the series

[Cooper Howman]

Good book

[Lily Meep MEEP I'm a sheep]

Good

[Annemarie brown]

My son loved it

[D E X]

Another great read and a good recommendation 😁
brilliant work

[Arafat Rahman Aumi]

3.75/5