The Grumpalump Paperback - 2000

Details

• Title The Grumpalump
• Author Sarah Hayes; Barbara Firth (Illustrator)
• Binding Paperback
• Edition large type editi
• Pages 32
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Houghton Mifflin
• Date March 20, 2000
• Large Print Yes
• Illustrated Yes
• ISBN 9780618040339 / 0618040331
• Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
• Dimensions 11.83 x 9.78 x 0.16 in (30.05 x 24.84 x 0.41 cm)
• Ages 04 to 07 years
• Grade levels P - 2
• Reading level 660
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 90033335
• Dewey Decimal Code E

"Hayes' cumulative tale, an exploration of sound and rhyme, will delight the lap audience; it might also provide entertainment for new readers who will appreciate the large typeface and ample white space. Firth's pen-and-ink drawings, washed with color, create bold vistas on the double-page spreads, reflecting the buoyant, active rhymes." Booklist, ALA

"Even listeners too young to know the difference between a gnu and a yak will love the sounds of this cumulative tale, as a parade of animals confronts the mysterious grumpalump, which just lies there-a big multicolored pile of stuff-resisting the animals' attempts to get it to do something but grump. . . . Large print and lots of defining white space make this a terrific just-one-more for storytime." The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"In cumulative style, a succession of animals climb on a 'grumpalump' (it seems to be a gaily colored mound of fabric): 'The bear stared, the cat sat, the mole rolled, the dove shoved. . . .' The gnu, however, blew until-after some astonishing transformations-the 'grumpalump began to grin' and then becomes an airship in which the gnu takes off. The delicious, remarkably concise wordplay is ably supported by Firth's deftly limned art, in which each beast has an appropriately comic character and the surprise unfolds at just the right moment." Kirkus Reviews with Pointers