Five Star Stories

Tom Gates #21

by Liz Pichon

  A feel-good, laugh-out-loud, packed-with-pictures Tom Gates story! The brand new Tom Gates bestseller from multi-million selling writer and illustrator Liz Pichon. Who wants their FIVE STAR funny story included in Oakfield School's story book? EVERYONE! But what will Tom write about? Inspiration strikes when he looks at his excellent collection of ODD OBJECTS and remembers the funny stories behind each one. Starting with Great Great Aunt Aggie's fake bird hat, the weird stone with a hole and his very special doodle pen. Marcus wants to write about Tom (which is annoying), Amy's got a funny poem and Norman's story is all about... cheese. But Mr Fullerman can only choose the FIVE STAR STORIES - will Tom get his work in on time? And will Granddad read Tom's story and find out what REALLY happened to Aunt Aggie's hat? (Spoiler alert - probably)  

Genres: Middle Grade, Childrens

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2023

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

[Freya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the book, one of the reasons it’s quite good is because it’s just as funny as the rest of the books in the series. It’s not 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because it has a few different stories involved. Still great book.

[Noah de Campos Neto · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think it is extremely important to keep promoting books like these to young kids. I used to read the translates versions of the Tom Gates books when I was little and I completely understand why my undiagnosed ADHD brain was craving these books! They are so incredibly ADHD friendly :’) Makes me happy 🫶🏽

[MattAndTheo Hicks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Too funny 😄

[Bord uit, boek aan · Rating 4 out of 5]

In de serie van Tom Groot is een nieuw deel verschenen, alweer het 21ste! De kracht van Tom Groot zit in de originaliteit, de tekeningen (doedels) en de grappige verhalen. Fijn aan de boeken is dat er ook gewoon echt geen kwaad in zit. Het leest lekker vlot weg, zorgt altijd voor een grijns op je gezicht en wakkert de creativiteit aan. Het nodigt uit om zelf lekker te gaan tekenen en te gaan schrijven. Dat laatste wordt in dit deel dan ook wel extra gestimuleerd, aangezien er op de school van Tom een boek wordt uitgebracht met teksten die geschreven zijn door leerlingen. Het mogen gedichten zijn, liedjes of verhalen mits het maar grappig is! Dat levert natuurlijk bij Tom allerlei ideeën op, maar de beste inspiratie vindt hij in zijn eigen leven. Hij schrijft enkele mooie avonturen op en hoopt hiermee de 5 sterren te verdienen die meneer Fullerman gaat uitdelen. Al met al weer een fijn boek om van te genieten!

[Steven Fox · Rating 3 out of 5]

Who wants their FIVE STAR funny story included in Oakfield School's story book? A: EVERYONE! But what will Tom write about? Inspiration strikes when he looks at his excellent collection of ODD OBJECTS and remembers the funny stories behind each one. Starting with Great Great Aunt Aggie's fake bird hat, the weird stone with a hole and his very special doodle pen. Marcus wants to write about Tom (which is annoying), Amy's got a funny poem and Norman's story is all about... cheese. But Mr Fullerman can only choose the FIVE STAR STORIES - will Tom get his work in on time? And will Granddad read Tom's story and find out what REALLY happened to Aunt Aggie's hat?

[Year 6 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book a lot . I loved the way it was set out in sections of five funny stories and all of the drawings. I am glad tom decided to go with the great aunt aggies bird hat one as that was my favorite one as well. One of my favorite parts was when at the end you actually showed us the book that the kids made with all of their story's and included Florence, Amy, Marcus , and other children from toms class story's to.

[book monster · Rating 5 out of 5]

The five star stories include five of the best (and funiest) things Tom experienced in his life!
from great aunt Aggie's fake bird hat to the very special pen and who could forget the lovely box of
chocteezers, he had at the cinema. This was when he accidentally stole buster jones' chocteezers thinking they were his.
Also loved when Tom and Derek make up a game where they see how many kids they can get to stare at nothing.

[D E X · Rating 5 out of 5]

ANOTHER BRILLIANT TOM GATES MASTERPIECE
THIS ONE HAS BEEN PROBALY MY FAVOURITE AT THE MOMENT
AMAZING AND CAN'T WAIT TO READ MORE
A BIG WELL DONE FOR LIZ

[Alice Holmes · Rating 4 out of 5]

really good 4/5

[Juan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustaron las historias del libro del cole.

[Skyler Pritchard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my goodness, how did I read that in 2 days!! Whell the book was amazing, and I hope i can read more soon.

Happy reading 😃😄😀