John Burningham

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1) First steps: letters, numbers, colors, opposites

Author

Burningham, John

Description

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An illustrated introduction to the letters of the alphabet, the numbers one to ten, basic colors, and opposites.

2) Mr. Gumpy's motor car

Author

Burningham, John

Series

Picture Puffins

Pub. Date

1976.

Description

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Mr. Gumpy's human and animal friends squash into his old car and go for a drive - until it starts to rain.

3) Mr. Gumpy's outing

Author

Burningham, John

Series

Picture Puffins

Description

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

4) Hey! get off our train

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

[1994]

Description

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At bedtime a young boy takes a trip on his toy train and rescues several endangered animals.

5) There's going to be a baby

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

[2010]

Description

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A young boy imagines what life will be like when his new sibling arrives.

6) Mr. Grumpy's Outing

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

[1970]

Description

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Mr. Grumpy goes on an outing and his friends ask to go along.

7) Numbers

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

2003.

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A counting book that follows ten children as they clamber up into a big tree, until they are surprised by a final climber. On board pages.

8) It's a secret!

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

[2009]

Formats

Book, STORYBOX

Description

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One evening Marie Elaine and her neighbor Norman go with Malcolm the cat to a secret place, where they dance and party with the Queen of the Cats.

9) Hushabye

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

2001.

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A cat, three bears, a fish, a frog, a baby and others look for a place to go to sleep at the end of the day.

10) Cloudland

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

[1996]

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While high in the mountains with his parents, Albert falls off a cliff and ends up in Cloudland, where he enjoys playing with the cloud children, but misses his parents.

11) Harvey Slumfenburger's Christmas present

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

[1993]

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On discovering late Christmas Eve that he has forgotten to deliver one present, Santa Claus wearily makes his way in a variety of conveyances to the top of the Roly Poly Mountain to deliver it.

12) Granpa

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

1985, c1984

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A little girl and her grandfather share very special moments.

13) Picnic

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

2014.

Description

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Boy and Girl go out for a picnic and meet all sorts of animals along the way.

14) Motor Miles

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

2016.

Description

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Miles the dog is unruly and disobedient until Mr. Huddy makes him a car of his own, and he takes his owner Norman on driving adventures.

15) El Amigo = The Friend

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

1984

16) Edwardo: the horriblest boy in the whole wide world

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

[2006]

Description

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Young Edwardo accidentally changes from the most horrible boy to the nicest boy in the whole world.

17) Harquin El Zorro que bajo al valle

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

c1967

Description

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Original title: Fox Who Went Down the Valley

18) Qué prefieres

Author

Burningham, John

Pub. Date

[between 1990-1999?]

Description

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Presents choices for the reader such as living with a gerbil in a cage or with a rabbit in a hutch and being chased by a crab, by a bull, by a lion, or by wolves.