Look out! Tom, Delia and the whole Gates family (Fossils included) are going on holiday. How will Tom manage to keep himself busy on the most boring campsite ever? By doodling, of course!

An exciting new story–with doodle your own elements–from award-winning and best-selling author Liz Pichon.

The 11th book in the internationally best-selling Tom Gates series.

Tom Gates has an EXCELLENT PLAN to make Dog Zombies the BEST band in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD! 

How hard can it be, right? 

The plan is to:

1. Write more songs. (Not about teachers)
2. Make a SPECTACULAR music video. (Easy)
3. Get some sleep. (Tricky when you're being kept awake by LOUD NOISES)
4. Annoy Delia. (Nothing to do with DOG ZOMBIES but always FUN.)

Laugh out loud as Tom tries to make his band the best ever.

Having two sets of grandparents is turning out to be very good for me.

The Wrinklies are keen on giving presents AND they're planning a family outing which is going to be EPIC!

Even Delia wants to come. (I can always ignore her.)

What’s that? A MONSTER? How has this scary beast escaped into Tom’s sort-of-normal world? Is it one of his doodles? Is it Delia on the rampage? Is it Mr Fullerman at full moon?

For now it’s a secret–but all will (eventually) be revealed in this book. So, what do we actually know for sure? There will be laughs. There will be doodles. There will be all the bonkers excitement and brilliance that have launched Tom’s books to global fame.

In the next hilarious instalment of Tom Gates, Mr Fullerman has a class assignment: a family tree!

Tom's ready to learn all about the Gates family, his friends and a furry creature (or two!). But just what is that squeaking sound coming from Tom's shoes?

It's BOOK WEEK in Oakfield school and EVERYONE is very excited. Including all the teachers, who are making costumes of their own.

Mr Keen says there's an EXCELLENT prize on offer for BEST costumes worn on BOOK DAY. So suddenly making a good costume is VITALLY important, but tricky, and Delia's not much help (as usual).

Then Marcus decides that HE is a super hero and can't understand why 'Super Marcus' isn't the best name

Join Tom as he runs for the school council and TRIES to be top of the class. As per usual things don’t quite go according to plan... If only Tom could follow his own TOP tips for being Top of the Class!

1. Stay awake in lessons (it helps.).
2. Don’t draw HILARIOUS pictures of your teachers.
3. AVOID the class bully to stay out of trouble.
4. Don’t let Mum and Dad write ANYTHING in your school planner.
5. Don’t let your grumpy sister Delia BOSS you around. (Technically not a school issue — but still important.)

Back to school, but it's not all bad. Sports Day, the School Fair and my birthday are coming up so this term's going to be amazing! Mostly because Delia's not invited to any of these.

There's only one small problem with my birthday — Granny Mavis says she's going to make my cake ... uh oh!

Oh, and Mr Keen's asked DOGZOMBIES to perform in front of the whole school (yeah!). Maybe we can play the school disco too...

It's the car boot sale and Mum's all excited. Will I be able to find a scooter (YES!), get grumpy Delia out of her room (NO) and save my comic book collection (MAYBE...)?

The eighth amazing installment of this brilliant illustrated series in diary format!

No school for two whole weeks — YEAH! I can forget ALL about lessons (and irritating things like Marcus Meldrew) and concentrate on good stuff like:

• Inventing new ways to annoy my sister Delia (so many).
• Band practice for DOGZOMBIES (with my mate Derek).
• Watching TV and eating caramel wafers.
• Eating caramel wafers and watching TV. Excellent.

Unfortunately a couple of small problems called the dentist and my big weirdo sister Delia seem to be getting in the way of my BRILLIANT plans...

It’s really cold outside and we’re hoping it’s going to snow. Yeah! Derek and I could make a snow Rooster and have a snowball fight. (Look out, Delia!)

Granny Mavis has started to knit me a new winter jumper but I’m not sure it’s going to fit...

Seeing Delia without her sunglasses on is a BIG shock, but that's nothing compared with the surprise Dad has in store for me with his new-found fitness regime.

Meanwhile, Derek and I keep practising in DOGZOMBIES — you never know, we might even get to play another gig? But right now, I'm still wondering how Amy Porter managed to talk me into auditioning for the SCHOOL PLAY.

While Marcus Meldrew is being extra smug because he's only gone and got the lead role...