Review by Booklist Review
Ages 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
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Learning can be fun, thanks to a quartet of board books. A kind fellow warns his fleet of passengers (both humans and animals) about proper boat etiquette in Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham. Charming pen-and-inks alternate with full-color illustrations to chronicle the growing chaos until the boat capsizes. Though Mr. Gumpy does not scold his cohorts, the gentle message is clear. ( June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Horn Book Review
The brilliant picture book is reduced in size but otherwise unchanged in this new board book edition. The story about cheerful Mr. Gumpy and the load of passengers he collects on his boat, including children, chickens, a goat, and a calf, loses some of its impact in the smaller size, but the art reproduction is good. From HORN BOOK Spring 2002, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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