Mr Gumpy's Outing

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Mr Gumpy's Outing
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Burningham
SeriesMr Gumpy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 250,Width 247
ISBN/Barcode 9780099408796
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
Preschool (0-5)

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Red Fox
Publication Date 1 June 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The original and best rollicking river boat adventure from awardwinning John Burningham One day Mr Gumpy decides to take a trip along the river in his boat. But the children, the rabbit, the cat, the pig and lots more friends decide to join him. Everyone's having a lovely time until the animals start kicking, bleating, hopping and flapping and the boat starts to rock. What will happen...?

Author Biography

John Burningham studied illustration and graphic design at the Central School of Art, graduating with distinction in 1959. Many illustration commissions followed including iconic posters for London Transport, before the publication of Borka: the Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers, John's first book for children (Cape, 1963) which won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration and heralded the beginning of an extraordinary career. John Burningham has since written and illustrated over thirty picture books, that have been translated and distributed all over the world. These feature his classic and much loved children's books including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, by Ian Fleming (Jonathan Cape, 1964); Mr Gumpy's Outing (Jonathan Cape, 1970) also awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal; Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Jonathan Cape, 1972); The Shopping Basket (Random House, 1980); The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Penguin/Puffin, 1983); Granpa (Jonathan Cape, 1984) later made into an animated film and Oi! Get off our Train (Jonathan Cape, 1989) and various books for adults England (Jonathan Cape, 1992); France (Jonathan Cape, 1998); The Time of Your Life (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2002) and When We Were Young (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004). John is married to the illustrator, Helen Oxenbury. They have three children, three grandchildren and a dog named Miles. They live in London.

Reviews

The gently coloured illustrations are really appealing and it is good to se this classic brought to a new generation * parentsintouch.co.uk *