Would You Rather.... (Picture Lions)

Children's Books

john-burningham

Literature & Fiction

Picture Lions

While hiking in the mountains with his parents, Albert tumbles off a cliffbut is saved by the cloud children who utter magic words that make him very light and keep him from falling. Albert has a wonderful time jumping, swimming, painting, and racing in the sky with the cloud children. That is until he remembers his mother and father and his own little bed at home. It takes the cloud queen, the man in the moon, and a few more magic words to return Albert to earth.

Cloudland

Crown Publ., Inc

Where's Julius

Red Fox

John Burningham comes up with yet again with a book like no other. WHADAYAMEAN is a fascinating look at the damage we are doing to our environment. When God returns to the beautiful Earth we have misused, two small children are instructed to find a way of bringing people to their senses.

Whadayamean

Teen & Young Adult

Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers

Animals

RED FOX BOOKS (RAND)

Simp

Amazon.com Review\nOne fine morning Mr. Gumpy decides it's a perfect day for an outing in his little boat. Apparently, plenty of others think so, too. First some children ask to join him, then a rabbit, a cat, a dog, a pig, a sheep... Soon, Mr. Gumpy's boat is precariously full, and there's nowhere for anyone else to go--but overboard! This mild mariner takes everything in stride, though, and his guests are soon bellying up to a nice tea. 
John Burningham earned the Kate Greenaway Medal, an ALA Notable Children's Book award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Mr. Gumpy's Outing, and it's no wonder. This gifted and highly original author-illustrator creates a vision of glorious summer with deeply textured, sometimes only suggested, drawings. His tentatively questioning animals are ready to step right out of the pages and quietly join the delighted reader. And the simple, repetitive dialogue will lull the listener as long as it takes the characters to reach the boat's maximum capacity. Even then, there's no big splash--just an understated, Burningham-esque "and into the water they fell." Young readers will never tire of this gentle, comforting storybook. (Ages 2 to 6) --Emilie Coulter\nFOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat, until the inevitable occurs.\nFrom Publishers Weekly\nDespite Mr. Gumpy's warnings to the multitudinous animals and children on his barge, the outing turns soggy when the boat capsizes. Ages 2-6. 
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.\nFrom Booklist\nAges 2-5. The wonderful drawings from a 1970 classic translate well to this new board-book version. Mr. Grumpy is planning a boat trip down the river, and children and animals want to join him. He agrees to take each guest, as long as there's no hopping, chasing, mucking, teasing, trampling, and so on. Of course, once the children, the goat, the calf, the chickens, the sheep, the pig, the dog, the cat, and the rabbit are all aboard, mayhem breaks out, and the boat tips. But Mr. Grumpy rises above his name and takes everyone home for tea, with an invitation, "Come for a ride another day." In this format, the charming, sketchy illustrations still show great detail, and the text, with its entertaining, cumulative lists of animals, is printed in easy-to-follow, large brown type to win over a new set of preschoolers. Gillian Engberg 
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

MR GUMPY'S OUTING (RI)

RED FOX BOOKS

Humbert

Mr Gumpy has decided to go for a ride in his motor car. It's a nice day and the sun is shining, so off he goes. But he only gets as far as the lane before the children, the rabbit, the cat, the dog, the pig, the sheep, the chickens, the calf and the goat ask if they can come along too. As the motor car and its passengers make their way across the field, the weather begins to turn and the rain is soon pouring down. The tyres cannot grip the muddy ground, so Mr Gumpy asks for volunteers to push the car. But everyone has an excuse, until it gets so bad that they all have to get out and help. Eventually, the sun shines once more as they drive across the bridge - and there's time for a swim on the way home.

MR Gumpy's Motor Car

Effectively capturing a child's perception of the world, a read-along book, featuring simple illustrations and text, shows how well two friends play together, although sometimes they might argue.

The Friend

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