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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.
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.
Gumpy at the book\'s end.
Come for a ride another day, says Mr.
Gumpy\'s Outing comes to an inevitable but not unhappy, conclusion.
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.
One sunny day he decides to take a ride in his small boat.
Gumpy lives by a river.
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Gumpy\'s Outing , became the first artist ever to win England\'s Kate Greenaway Medal twice.
In England, illustrator John Burningham, with Mr.
Gumpy\'s Outing is a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner and an American Library Association Notable Children\'s Book.
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Full color., Boston Globe/Horn Book Award
Kate Greenaway Medal
New York Times Best Illustrated Children\'s Book
Parents\' Choice Award for Paperbacks.
Gumpy\'s scow becomes a miniature ark when he takes two children and one each of various domestic animals for a ride.--Kirkus Reviews.
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