Mr. Gumpy's Outing

Love the colors and the text. Older book but so worth reading to your children of if your child reads. If a child can read they can be anything!!

I recently purchased this book - 36 years after my mother first read it to me as a toddler. I wasn't sure if my memory of it was just imagined or if it really was a lovely, fun, uniquely illustrated (yet simple) tale. The answer came from the reactions of both my son and me: He loved it and has asked me to read it repeatedly for a week. I love reading it and am charmed both by all the memory bells it rings, and also by the sweet new memories my son and I are building together while bonding over love of this book.

I read this one million times to my older children and have now bought it for our first grandson. IT reads like a fable and it occurs to me that I should memorize it and tell it as a fable on a future backpacking trip. But how to capture the characters gathered at the table at Mr. Gumpy's house? OR, do a version with stuffed animals....or BETTER, with a gaggle of children. Of course, I get to play Mr. Gumpy.

I love this children's book. It is funny and I enjoyed the pictures and it is really funny. Mr, Gumpy tells the animals to behave and they don't behave but he doesn't get angry. All of Mr. Gumpy's animal stories are cute and follow the same line of thinking...

It took a minute to remember the title but was happy Amazon sold it. The child I bought this book fir is non verbal but she smiles when inroads it to her.

Mr. Gumpy decides to take a ride on his boat on a nice summer day and he finds himself with some interesting company. Mr. Gumpy's Outing is full of unique illustrations that appear to be sketches with black and white on the left and color on the right. I read this story with my four year old and he seemed to enjoy it, but I did not find it particularly interesting. I did really like some of the vocabulary John Burningham used such as squabble, muck, bleating, and trample. These words are not commonly used so they allowed further discussion of the actions of animals. The end also showed how sometimes when things don't go as planned you can still have fun. When the boat tips over, they swim to the shore and go home for tea.

One of my boys favorites. A regular re-purchase for new parents.

We borrowed this book from the library and my daughter adored it. Every time we had to return it she immediately noticed its absence and would ask for it again, so we finally just bought it. We were hoping to find the board book version, as my daughter can be a little rough on books. But this was the best price available, and we see it as a good opportunity to teach her how to care for and respect her books, since she loves this story so.

Love the book, ease of reading, artwork!I chose board book and I'm very pleased that I did as it's lovely!

A great. book for kids.Love. both the story and illustrations.

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I bought this because it was a Year 1 (Primary school UK) text that my son really enjoyed, but now my 2 and a half year old requests it all the time and can recite half the words. Beautiful, yet very different, style of illustration than most of the other books we own. Definitely recommended and lots of fun to read.

Un libro con ilustraciones muy bonitas y sencillas y una historia divertida y con ritmo para los niños. Les encanta. Recomendable.La única pega es que el libro era de segunda mano y llegó un poco hecho polvo y con letras en la cubierta.