SuitabookThe brilliant world of Tom Gates
Liz Pichon
- Reading
- Try reading a few diary entries together, pausing over the cartoons as well as the words. This can help your reader follow Tom's voice and notice what the pictures add.
- Themes
- Diary entries and doodles: Tom's exercise book brings together his thoughts, cartoons and doodles, with comments from his teacher. The illustrated diary format presents the story through Tom's own written and drawn entries, giving the book a visibly personal, comic mode of storytelling.
- Worth knowing
- Bullying, poverty and difficult family circumstances are mentioned alongside the comic tone. Consider whether those subjects might merit a check-in with your reader.