Mr. gumpy's outing - john burningham

Gumpys 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 Childrens Book; Parents Choice Award for Paperbacks.

Gumpys Outing is a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner and an American Library Association Notable Childrens Book.

In England, illustrator John Burningham, with Mr.

Gumpys Outing , became the first artist ever to win Englands Kate Greenaway Medal twice.

Gumpy lives by a river.

One sunny day he decides to take a ride in his small boat.

It is such a perfect idea, for such a perfect summer day, that he soon has company: first the children, then the rabbit, the cat, the dog, the pig, the sheep, the chickens, and still others until-- Mr.

Gumpys outing comes to an inevitable but not unhappy, conclusion.

Come for a ride another day, says Mr.

Gumpy at the books end.

And young readers will return again and again to this sprightly story with its clever, captivating illustrations that reflect the sunlit quality of a lazy summer afternoon.

An ALA Notable Childrens Book A New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Childrens Book A Child Study Association Childrens Book of the Year A Library of Congress Childrens Book of the Year.