Andy Stanton's You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum! is one of the titles that will be featured in this month's Richard and Judy's Best Kids Books Ever. It has been shortlisted in the 7+ category. The show will be aired on Friday October 26th at 8.00pm on Channel 4. All 19 titles will be discussed on the show, and promoted in shops beforehand as a 'Richard and Judy Children's Book'. Congratulations Andy!
The hour-long programme will run vox pops with celebrities and authors talking about their favourite childhood books. Then it will select its "best kids' books ever".Children will choose eight winners from nineteen books. Children aged 7+ will be given half of each book to read and will vote on the ones they most want to finish. In the older categories, children will read and discuss the books before deciding the winners.Retailers and publishers will be told which two titles have won each category on 8th October and stickers will be provided for these books, as well as the other shortlisted titles. POS material, including posters, will be distributed in early October.