“Wagon on gravel goes bumpety-bump.” Two young children go berry-picking and return home with their bounty, which is served as pie at the table before a bath and bedtime in this playful, onomatopoeic text. The repeated but slightly changing chorus of delightful sounds drawn from the short, descriptive phrases about each part of their day make this an ideal read-aloud choice. “Bumpety, thunkety, thumpety-thump … Bumpety, plunkety, clunkety-clunk … ” Cozy, stylized illustrations add to the warmth of a story that ends with the brown-skinned boy and light-skinned girl tapping noses, snuggling in a pile of blankets, then joined by their mom and dad for a bedtime story as “Hearts beat close … Bumpety, lumpety, thumpety-thump.” (Ages 2-5)

Two toddlers go on a bumpety berry hunt in this darling picture book that’s perfect for preschoolers.

Wagon on gravel goes bumpety-bump.
Pebbles in the pond fall plunkey-plunk.
Toes in the grass dance thumpety-thump.
Bumpety-plunkety-thumpety-thump!

Join two sweet siblings as they explore their backyard, get deliciously creative in the kitchen, and then spend a cozy evening preparing for bed. Along the way they’ll get muddy and messy and hungry and sleepy—just as all little ones do.

Award-winning author K.L. Going’s celebration of imagination, creativity, and sibling love will have readers young and old chiming in—and yearning for some yummy pie!