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...
Mr. Gumpy's Outing is a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner and an American Library Association Notable Children's Book. In England, illu...
Ian Fleming s treasured classic soars in a deluxe edition featuring John Burningham s vibrant, full-color original illustrations. Famous for creating James Bond, Ian Fleming also loved fast cars and this passion inspired him to write his only children s book, penned for his young son, Caspar. Published fifty years ago in 1964, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car "introduced the world to" "the thrilling adventures of the "crackpot" Pott family and the flying car with a mind of her own. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang "became an instant bestseller that has been reinvented as a musical and a...
Ian Fleming s treasured classic soars in a deluxe edition featuring John Burningham s vibrant, full-color original illustrations. Famous for creat...
In a first-time creative pairing, two of the world s most treasured picture book creators offer a truly delightful book for new-siblings-to-be. When is the new baby coming? What will we call it? What will he do? We don t really need a baby, do we? With sensitivity and wit, John Burningham follows the swirl of questions in the mind of a young child anticipating a baby sibling with excitement, curiosity, and just a bit of trepidation. In perfect tandem, Helen Oxenbury captures the child s loving interactions with his mother along with the fanciful future scenarios he imagines for the new...
In a first-time creative pairing, two of the world s most treasured picture book creators offer a truly delightful book for new-siblings-to-be. Wh...
In the house there lives a family: a mum, a dad, a girl and a boy. But they are not alone; a secret mouse family is living there too, who only come out when everyone else is asleep. One day they are spotted and the mouse catcher is called ... Will they escape in time?A story of home and hope from picture-book genius, John Burningham.
In the house there lives a family: a mum, a dad, a girl and a boy. But they are not alone; a secret mouse family is living there too, who only come ou...
