{"product_id":"9780805013153","title":"Mr. Gumpy's Outing","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMr. Gumpy's Outing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John Burningham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMr. Gumpy's Outing is\u003c\/i\u003e a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner and an American Library Association Notable Children's Book. In England, illustrator John Burningham, with \u003ci\u003eMr. Gumpy's Outing\u003c\/i\u003e, became the first artist ever to win England's Kate Greenaway Medal twice. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. Gumpy lives by a river. One sunny day he decides to take a ride in his small boat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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. Gumpy's outing comes to an inevitable but not unhappy, conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Come for a ride another day,\" says Mr. Gumpy at the book's 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ALA Notable Children's Book\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book\u003cbr\u003eA Child Study Association Children's Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A real charmer of a picture book for the very young.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMr. Grumpy's Outing\u003c\/i\u003e is out of sight.” —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner NYT Best Illustrated BOTY (1971), Long-listed School Library Best Books of the Year, Winner Parents' Choice Award Winner (1990), New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Books of the Year, American Library Association Notable Children's Books, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, Long-listed ALA Notable Children's Books, New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Books of the Year (1971), Long-listed Boston Globe - Horn Book Award (1972), Boston Globe - Horn Book Award, Winner Parents' Choice Award Winner, Long-listed Book Sense Children's Pick, NYT Best Illustrated BOTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780805013153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40663776198862,"sku":"9780805013153","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_e4240b56-ee2c-4dec-b213-433b837c8e5f.jpg?v=1639622421","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780805013153","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}