Mr Gumpy's Motor Car

Author: John Burningham
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448102634
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Mr Gumpy has decided to go for a ride in his motor car. It's a nice day and the sun is shining, so off he goes. But he only gets as far as the lane before the children, the rabbit, the cat, the dog, the pig, the sheep, the chickens, the calf and the goat ask if they can come along too. As the motor car and its passengers make their way across the field, the weather begins to turn and the rain is soon pouring down. The tyres cannot grip the muddy ground, so Mr Gumpy asks for volunteers to push the car. But everyone has an excuse, until it gets so bad that they all have to get out and help. Eventually, the sun shines once more as they drive across the bridge - and there's time for a swim on the way home.

Mr. Gumpy's Outing

Author: John Burningham
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805007083
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45

Book Description
Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.

Cool Cars

Author: Tony Mitton
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0753472074
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26

Book Description
From luxury limousines to speedy sports cars, Amazing Machines: Cool Cars features a wide variety of automobiles-- all driven by kooky animal characters. Lively rhyming text by the award-winning poet Tony Mitton perfectly complements Ant Parker's bold, bright illustrations. A picture dictionary identifying car parts builds vocabulary and makes learning about cars even more fun.

Wee Gillis

Author: Munro Leaf
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 159017206X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 89

Book Description
A Caldecott Honor Book by the creators of the beloved Story of Ferdinand Wee Gillis lives in Scotland. He is an orphan, and he spends half of each year with his mother's people in the lowlands, while the other half finds him in the highlands with his father's kin. Both sides of Gillis's family are eager for him to settle down and adopt their ways. In the lowlands, he is taught to herd cattle, learning how to call them to him in even the heaviest of evening fogs. In the rocky highlands, he stalks stags from outcrop to outcrop, holding his breath so as not to make a sound. Wee Gillis is a quick study, and he soon picks up what his elders can teach him. And yet he is unprepared when the day comes for him to decide, once and for all, whether it will be the lowlands or the highlands that he will call his home. Robert Lawson and Munro Leaf's classic picture book is a tribute to the powers of the imagination and a triumph of the storyteller's and illustrator's art.

Handa's Hen

Author: Eileen Browne
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536221074
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
"This picture book throbs with sunshine. A stunning book." — The Independent (U.K.) Every morning, Handa, a young girl from the Luo tribe, feeds breakfast to Mondi, her grandma's black hen. This morning, however, Mondi is nowhere to be seen. So Handa and her friend Akeyo set off on a hunt, coming upon two fluttery butterflies, three stripy mice, four little lizards, five beautiful sunbirds, and many more intriguing creatures. But where could Mondi be? Is that a faint cheeping they hear under the bush? Might Mondi have a surprise in store (or maybe even ten of them)? Luminous colors depict a lush natural setting in this gentle, repetitive story perfect for reading aloud.

Motor Miles

Author: John Burningham
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0857551744
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Miles is a very difficult dog... Until he is given his very own motor car and learns to love the open road! This enigmatic story is a joy to read, gently exploring the transformational power of freedom. John's distinctive, expressive artwork is stunning, whether it's his instantly recognisable characters or the expansive, contemplative spreads of colour, as Miles discovers the joys of the road. This is a story that children will immediately engage with, while parents absorb the magically nostalgic air and subtle celebration of change and growing up.

Clink, Clank, Clunk

Author: Miriam Aroner
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 9781590782705
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
Travel down the road with ten animal friends on one unforgettable road trip. Rabbit is driving to town in his car. Along the way, he picks up Mole, Squirrel, Porcupine, Possum, Beaver, Crow, Skunk, Fox, and Cow. But—boing-boing-ping, squeak-squeak-squeak, rumble-rumble-thump—something goes wrong with Rabbit's car. Will Rabbit and his friends make it to town? Miriam Aroner's delightful story features a simple, rhythmic text, with plenty of sound and action words to make this book a perfect one for reading aloud.

Terrific Trains

Author: Tony Mitton
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 0753473720
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22

Book Description
Amazing Machines: Terrific Trains follows Rabbit, Bird, and Mouse as they discover all kinds of trains in a bright and bold rhyming picture book! Each page is filled with details that machine-mad kids will love: tooting whistles, railroad crossings, and trains old and new, big and small. From electric cars to powerful rockets, the internationally bestselling Amazing Machines series is the perfect way for children to learn about all sorts of machines and vehicles! Each book introduces a new vehicle or machine and the many jobs it can do. Ant Parker's bright, engaging artwork and Tony Mitton's simple, rhyming text combine to make these fantastic books for young children. Kids will love getting to know the friendly animal characters who feature throughout the series and reading about their fast-paced adventures! Continue to explore all things that go with the rest of the Amazing Machines series, including Roaring Rockets, Patrolling Police Cars, and Amazing Airplanes.

Would You Rather...

Author: John Burningham
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781587171352
Category : Bedtime
Languages : en
Pages : 88

Book Description
A series of comical choices such as, "Would you rather eat spider stew or slug dumplings or mashed worms?" ends with an invitation to bedtime.

Where's Julius?

Author: John Burningham
Publisher: Red Fox
ISBN: 9780099414292
Category : Appetite
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Julius is always too busy to come to meals - he's riding Egyptian camels, cooling hippos in the Lombo Bombo river or doing any number of important and daring activities which make it difficult to get to the table.