Mr. Gumpy's Outing
Mr. Gumpy's Outing
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Mr. Gumpy's Outing

Written and illustrated by John Burningham
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4 - 8
Reading age
32
Page count
9
Words per page
~190L
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Oct 15, 1971
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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

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780805007084
    Publication Date
    October 15, 1971
    Publisher
    Henry Holt
    Page Count
    32
    Words Per Page
    9
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~190L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~G
    ATOS® Book Level
    1.7
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    29237
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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