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The Grumpalump - Sarah Hayes

Description: ISBN 0744548985 / Genre: Junior Books / Author: Sarah Hayes / Edition: New Ed / Paperback / 32 Pages / Book is published 1998-06-01 by ... more

The Grumpalump - Sarah Hayes ... Walker Books Ltd

Newest Review: ... actually is. "The gnu drew breath and clambered in. The grumpalump began to grin. 'I'm off on a trip in my hot ... more

... airship,' said the gnu, and flew. Absolutely true." ***The Illustrations*** The pictures in this book are quite simply drawn and the colours are set off against a mainly white background, where the lettering is big and black. The pictures are quite amusing throughout although it is the text that really makes this book a bit special. ***My Thoughts*** I'm a great fan of books that have a rhyming element to them, as I feel that they have great learning potential. Young children can often memorise the rhyming bits ...more

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The Grumpalump - Sarah Hayes: What Is A Grumpalump? (721 words)
by - written on 16/07/08 (Very useful, 149 readings)
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***Background*** My son has now finished for the summer holidays but from Christmas he has been getting a weekend project home and this was the first book that featured in one of these special packages. More about that later though, as this book is written by Sarah Hayes who is also responsible for creating the This Is The Bear series. Barbara Firth takes care of the illustrations in this book. ***The Story*** The book starts with a bear and a lump. "The bear stared at the grumpalump. The lump grumped." As you go through the book, more animals appear and each one does an action that rhymes ... Read the complete review