Liz Pichon

Liz Pichon is a writer and illustrator whose children's books make drawings, handwritten jokes, lists, and page design part of the storytelling. The Brilliant World of Tom Gates is the essential entry because it establishes Tom's school life, family, friends, excuses, and doodle-filled voice. Tom Gates: Excellent Excuses and Tom Gates: Best Book Day Ever! continue that comic diary method without separating the pictures from the prose. Biscuits, Bands and Very Big Plans adds music and Tom's ambitions to the same everyday comedy, while Extra Special Treats...Not returns to the gap between what Tom expects and what actually happens. Readers new to the series should take The Brilliant World of Tom Gates first. A Tiny Bit Lucky then shows the format at full speed; Epic Adventure (kind of) is better once the recurring cast and Tom's habits are familiar.