Stay up-to-date on the latest Tom Gates news, meet his friends and family, get creative with some doodle-tastic activities and read all about Liz Pichon! Have your child wear jeans and a white long sleeve top. You can paint red stripes onto the top using fabric pens or fabric paint. Then, have them wear a white bobble hat, again using fabric pens or paint for the stripes. Finish the look with a pair of glasses or add some Wally- or Wenda-ish hair with Book Aid's Where's Wally costume templates. Shortlisted for the Specasvers National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, Genius Ideas (Mostly)

has opened brilliantly for Tom Gates with a major award win, and a number of ‘epic’ collaborations to share Tom’s creativity and imagination with his very engaged young fans who are always looking for new opportunities to connect with the brand, in addition to enjoying the books and the TV series. And what better way to enjoy World Book Day then curled up with a Tom Gates book in your Tom Gates pyjamas?” SaysLiz Keynes, Commercial Director TG Entertainment. Kids' Tapestry' by Liz Pichon marks Battle of Hastings anniversary - CBBC Newsround" . Retrieved 6 October 2018. TG Entertainment Limited announces that it is teaming up with retail giant ASDA and Scholastic (publisher of Tom Gates) in a deal brokered by The Point.1888 for a special collaboration in the run up to World Book Day (WBD) (02/03/23). The campaign introduces a colourful range of Tom Gates-branded daywear, nightwear and accessories from licensing partners Poetic Brands, Aykroyds and RoyLowe supported by two weeks of related promotional activity and support. a b "Pichon, Liz, (born 16 Aug. 1963), author and illustrator, since 1990". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2019. doi: 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U291093. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 16 August 2021.

Pichon is dyslexic, like her character Tom Gates. [ citation needed] In 1990, she married Mark Flannery and they have three children: one son and two daughters. [3] They currently live in Brighton. [7] [2] Works [ edit ] Outside of Tom Gates [ edit ] In 2017 Pichon, Horsenden Primary School and her publisher, Scholastic Children's Books, broke the world record for the largest disco dance. [5] A combination of 2D and stop-motion animation with live action, the series blends Tom’s humour and home/school life with crafting ideas and makes which kids love to recreate, along with interactive games, gags and catchy songs. Tom and his friends pop up and interact throughout each episode, while Liz Pichon shares her tips on how to draw the characters and how to get creative at home. The huge smile is the characteristic feature here. Draw a massive, oversized grin on card and attach it to the top of your child's T-shirt, so it covers the whole of the bottom of their face. Add a pair of cardboard cat ears on a headband and you're done! Want more no-fuss, no-sew costume ideas? Have a look at our dress-up hints and tips for Nativity plays, Halloween, historical dressing up and Roald Dahl costumes.

Horsenden Primary (2 November 2017), Horsenden's Guinness World Record on BBC Breakfast , retrieved 12 October 2018a b Lambert, Victoria (10 August 2016). "Liz Pichon on how dyslexia inspired her Tom Gates children's books - and made them a global phenomenon". The Telegraph . Retrieved 9 December 2017– via www.telegraph.co.uk. In 2016 Pichon created the "Kids' Tapestry", a children's version of the Bayeux Tapestry, featuring historical events to the mark the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. [4]

Liz Pichon’s award-winning Tom Gates book series has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 47 languages. The heavily illustrated novels, in handwritten font with Tom’s doodles and pictures embellishing the text, document in hilarious detail his everyday trials and tribulations at home and school which all kids can relate to. In 2022 book 20 in the series published Tom Gates: Happy to Help (Eventually), and the first art activity book was launched, You Can Draw Tom Gateswith Liz Pichon A new television series based on the Tom Gates books is currently airing on Sky in 2021. [6] Personal life [ edit ] Pichon was born on 16 August 1963 in London, England. [1] She is the daughter of Francis and Joan Pichon. She received a BA in graphic design at the Camberwell School of Art. Her first job was as an art director for the music label Jive Records, a position she held between 1987 and 1990. [2] [3] Blue Peter Books Awards 2013". Prizes: Blue Peter Book Awards. Booktrust. Retrieved 2014-10-15. With more information linked.

Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011". Prizes Archive: Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Booktrust. Retrieved 2014-10-15. With more information linked, including 17 November 2011 interview of Pichon. I’m not on social media but just wanted to reach out and say I have been recommending you to everyone I know, with kids of course! Liz had lots of fun on the World Book Day Tour in Norwich where she was joined by several other authors for a really great day. Children also had fun dressing up in costumes of their favourite character on World Book Day. Have a look at just a few of the fabulous Tom Gates T-Shirts and costumes. Well done everyone!