Skip to content
Rossiters BookshopRossiters Bookshop
  • SIGNED COPIES
    • Fiction
    • Non Fiction
    • Childrens
    • All
  • CATEGORIES
    • Children’s
      • BOARD BOOKS
      • CH PICTURE BOOKS
      • CH 5 TO 8
      • CH 9 TO 12
      • TEENAGE
      • CH REFERENCE
      • CH CLASSICS
    • Adult
      • ART
      • BIOGRAPHY
      • CLASSICS
      • COOKERY
      • CRIME
      • ENTERTAINMENT& HUMOUR
      • FICTION
      • GARDENING
      • HISTORY
      • LOCAL
      • NATURAL HISTORY
      • NON FICTION OTHER
      • SCIENCE FICTION
      • SPORT
      • TRAVEL
  • CONTACT
  • Basket / £0.00 0
    • No products in the basket.

      Return to shop

  • 0
    Basket

    No products in the basket.

    Return to shop

Home / CH PICTURE BOOKS

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

£7.99

A 15th anniversary edition of the book that started the Tom Gatesphenomenon – with brand new cover and bonus story content!

In stock

SKU: 9780702348839 Category: CH PICTURE BOOKS Tags: Children's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children's / Teenage ge, Children's / Teenage general interest: Music, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Friends & friendship issues, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Sexuality & relationships, Picture books: character books, Rock
Product categories
  • Adult
  • ART
  • BIOGRAPHY
  • BOARD BOOKS
  • Book Subscription
  • Cards
  • Categories
  • CH 5 TO 8
  • CH 9 TO 12
  • CH CLASSICS
  • CH PICTURE BOOKS
  • CH REFERENCE
  • Ch Related Product
  • Children's
  • CLASSICS
    • POETRY
  • COOKERY
  • CRIME
  • ENTERTAINMENT& HUMOUR
  • FICTION
  • GARDENING
  • HISTORY
  • LOCAL
  • MOLESKINE
  • MUSIC
  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • NON FICTION OTHER
    • Science
  • Pre Order
  • RELATED PRODUCT
  • SCIENCE FICTION
  • Signed Copies
    • Signed Childrens
    • Signed Fiction
    • Signed Non Fiction
  • SPORT
  • TEENAGE
  • TRAVEL
  • Undefined
  • WBD & Quick Reads
  • YOSHI
  • Description
  • Additional information

 

An extra-special, super-good 15th anniversary edition of the book that started the Tom Gates phenomenon, with a brand new cover and bonus story content!

“10 out of 10.” The Guardian

The first title in the bestselling series from the brilliantly talented Liz Pichon.

Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late homework: dog attacks & spilt water & lightning…

Tom’s exercise book is full of his doodles, cartoons and thoughts, as well as comments from his long-suffering teacher, Mr Fullerton.

After gaining five merits for his 

CAMPING SUCKS

holiday story, Tom’s work starts to go downhill –

which is a pity, as he’s desperate to impress Amy Porter, who sits next to him…

 

ABOUT THE SERIES:

  • Written in diary form
  • Full of Tom’s doodles and pictures & his amazing sense of humour
  • This first title in the series, was the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize!
  • Perfect gifts for boys & girls who love to laugh themselves silly
  • The first TV series of The Brilliant World of Tom Gates won the Scottish BAFTA for Entertainment!

 

Love Tom Gates? Don’t miss Liz Pichon’s spectacular Shoe Wars, a laugh-out-loud, gadget-packed adventure!

 

Praise for The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

“this book’s perfect for… anyone, really. Boys AND girls can read it. Mainly because it’s so funny!” Love Reading

Weight 0.28 kg
Dimensions 19.2 × 15.2 × 2.6 cm
Author

Pichon, Liz

Publisher

Scholastic

Imprint

Scholastic

Cover

Paperback

Pages

260

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

Related products

The Lost Spells

CH PICTURE BOOKS

The Lost Spells

£14.99

CH PICTURE BOOKS

Giraffes Can’t Dance

£7.99
Out of stock

CH PICTURE BOOKS

Supertato

£6.99
Out of stock

CH PICTURE BOOKS

Asterix and the Picts

£7.99
Out of stock

CH PICTURE BOOKS

Asterix in Britain

£7.99
Out of stock

CH PICTURE BOOKS

Paper Dolls

£7.99

CH PICTURE BOOKS

Where the Wild Things Are

£8.99

CH PICTURE BOOKS

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

£7.99
ABOUT US

We have signed copies of books in stock which have either been signed at one of our events or at the publisher. Demand for some titles is high and signed stock is limited. We process orders in the order they are received and ensure the online shop is as up to date as possible.

Quick Links
  • SIGNED COPIES
    • FICTION
    • NON FICTION
    • CHILDRENS
    • ALL
  • CONTACT
CONTACT US

Please get in touch with our Monmouth Store for queries relating to our online store.

Call 01600 775 572

Email monmouth@rossiterbooks.co.uk

Website by Cascade Design
Copyright 2026 © Rossiter Books | All Rights Reserved
  • SIGNED COPIES
    • Fiction
    • Non Fiction
    • Childrens
    • All
  • CATEGORIES
    • Children’s
      • BOARD BOOKS
      • CH PICTURE BOOKS
      • CH 5 TO 8
      • CH 9 TO 12
      • TEENAGE
      • CH REFERENCE
      • CH CLASSICS
    • Adult
      • ART
      • BIOGRAPHY
      • CLASSICS
      • COOKERY
      • CRIME
      • ENTERTAINMENT& HUMOUR
      • FICTION
      • GARDENING
      • HISTORY
      • LOCAL
      • NATURAL HISTORY
      • NON FICTION OTHER
      • SCIENCE FICTION
      • SPORT
      • TRAVEL
  • CONTACT
  • Login

Login

Lost your password?