Bumpety Bump! (Hardcover)

~ (Author, Illustrator) "In Grandpa's wheelbarrow, I bump up and down-bumpety bumpety bump-and little red hen keeps following us, following us around..." (more)
Key Phrases: bumpety bump, little red hen

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books (March 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060559993
• ISBN-13: 978-0060559991
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,209,539 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Joyful read-aloud, delicious details, October 14, 2009

By	Experienced Editor (Illinois, United States) - See all my reviews

Bumpety, bumpety bump goes the young narrator of Pat Hutchens's joyful picture book. He's bouncing up and down in Grandpa's blue wheelbarrow as together they tour the garden. And who keeps following them? It's a little red hen, pursuing through the potato patch, past the pole beans, into the berry bushes. But then . . . "the little red hen has stopped following us! So we follow her instead," right to a surprise ending.
The colorful acrylic artwork is filled with delicious details, from the blossoms on the potato plants to the twisty root systems of the brussels sprouts and cauliflower. Notice how the stitching on Grandpa's sweater-vest echoes the feather pattern on the persistent hen.
Jaunty, rhythmic text captures the cadence of a wheelbarrow trundling across bumpy ground, making this simple adventure fun to read aloud again and again.