Mr. Gumpy's Outing - Hardcover

Burningham, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805066292 ISBN 13: 9780805066296

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, 2001

Synopsis

Title: Mr. Gumpy's Outing <>Binding: Board Books <>Author: JohnBurningham <>Publisher: HenryHolt&Company

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Review:

One fine morning Mr. Gumpy decides it's a perfect day for an outing in his little boat. Apparently, plenty of others think so, too. First some children ask to join him, then a rabbit, a cat, a dog, a pig, a sheep ... Soon, Mr. Gumpy's boat is precariously full, and there's nowhere for anyone else to go--but overboard! This mild mariner takes everything in stride, though, and his guests are soon bellying up to a nice tea.

John Burningham earned the Kate Greenaway Medal, an ALA Notable Children's Book award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Mr. Gumpy's Outing, and it's no wonder. This gifted and highly original author-illustrator creates a vision of glorious summer with deeply textured, sometimes only suggested, drawings. His tentatively questioning animals are ready to step right out of the pages and quietly join the delighted reader. And the simple, repetitive dialogue will lull the listener as long as it takes to reach the boat's maximum capacity. Even then, there's no big splash--just an understated, Burningham-esque "and into the water they fell." Young readers will never tire of this gentle, comforting storybook. (Ages 2 to 6) --Emilie Coulter

Review:

"Mr. Gumpy's little scow becomes a miniature ark when he takes two children and one each of the various domestic animals for a ride. . . . The water appears so warmly inviting, and the tea they all share so satisfying, that the promise of the first glowing page is fulfilled. Burningham's sketchy yellow lines make the sun shine on his pages, and his animals--sometimes jaunty, more often appealingly hesitant--are his alone, unostentatiously distinctive. Mr. Gumpy has bumbling charm, and his outing is an unqualified pleasure." --Kirkus Reviews

"A real charmer of a picture book for the very young." --Booklist

"Mr. Grumpy's Outing is out of sight." --School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0805066292
• ISBN 13: 9780805066296
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 34
• Illustrator: Burningham John