Pub Date: March 15, 1990
Dewey: E
LCCN: 77159507
Lexile Code: 0490
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.20" H x 9.80" L x 9.60" W ( 0.35 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Manners and Etiquette | Animals | General | Transportation | Boats Ships and Underwater Craft
Description: "Mr. Gumpy's scow becomes a miniature ark when he takes two children and one each of various domestic animals for a ride".--Kirkus Reviews. Full color., Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; Kate Greenaway Medal; New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book; Parents' Choice Award for Paperbacks.
Brief description: John Burningham (1936-2018) is a highly acclaimed author and illustrator with numerous books to his credit. With Mr. Gumpy's Outing, he became the first artist ever to win England's prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal twice. He lived in England.
Review Quotes:
"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