"The big purple hairball SKRUM is going to be a MONSTER hit with kids! Great illustrations, a funny story told in rhyme, what's not to love about this terrific first book from author/ illustrator Bernard Gumz. Can't wait for the next SKRUM adventure!"
-Keith Chapman - Creator of Paw Patrol and Bob the Builder.
Winner- 2025 IBPA Book Award- Best New Voice
Winner- 2024 Northern Lights Book Award- Humor Category
From the animator of MTV's, In Your Head, and kid's gaming channel, SPACECAT, comes SKRUM, the debut children's book by the creative brain of Bernard Gumz.
Somewhere in the desert, a busted up old geezer named Barnabus is running for his life. Hot on his trail is a monstrous purple furball called a SKRUM. But, what is a SKRUM? And what does it want with poor old Barnabus? Find out in this action packed globe-trotting adventure with BIG surprises and lots of silliness!
A rhyming, humorous, 80-page picture book that encourages kids of all ages to face their problems head on.
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