Mr. Gumpy's Outing

Mr. Gumpy's Outing is a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner and an American Library Association Notable Children's Book. In England, illustrator John Burningham, with Mr. Gumpy's Outing, became the first artist ever to win England's Kate Greenaway Medal twice.

Mr. 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. Gumpy's outing comes to an inevitable but not unhappy, conclusion.

"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.

An ALA Notable Children's Book
A New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book
A Child Study Association Children's Book of the Year
A Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year

Author: John Burningham
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 03/15/1990
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 9.80h x 9.60w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9780805013153
ISBN10: 0805013156
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Manners & Etiquette
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
- Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Boats, Ships, & Underwater Craft

About the Author

John Burningham 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 lives in England.