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We're Going on a Bear Hunt
By (Author) Michael Rosen
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Walker Books Ltd
Walker Books Ltd
1st August 2015
1st October 2015
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
823.914
Winner of Mumsnet Best Award 2011 (UK)
Board book
36
Width 180mm, Height 160mm, Spine 16mm
320g
For brave hunters and bear-lovers, the classic chant-aloud by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury in a large board book edition.
We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too For a quarter of a century, readers have been swishy-swashying and splash-sploshing through this award-winning favourite. Follow and join in the family's excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of a bear. What a surprise awaits them in the cave on the other side of the dark forest!
For brave hunters and bear-lovers, the classic chant-aloud in an enlarged edition. * The Bookseller Children's Buyer's Guide *
Michael Rosen is one of the most popular authors of stories and poems for children. His bestselling titles, published by Walker Books, include Little Rabbit Foo Foo, Michael Rosens Sad Book, This Is Our House, Tiny Little Fly, Dear Mother Goose and its sequel Dear Fairy Godmother. Michael received the Eleanor Farjeon Award in 1997, and was the Childrens Laureate from 2007 to 2009. He is a distinguished critic and academic, co-directing an MA in Childrens Literature at Birkbeck College. Michael lives in London with his family.
Helen Oxenbury is among the most popular and critically acclaimed illustrators of her time. Her numerous books for children include Smarties Book Prize-winning Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell; We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen; as well as her classic board books for babies. She won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Alice in Wonderland. Her most recent picture book was the critically acclaimed There's Going to Be a Baby, the first book-publishing collaboration between her and her husband John Burningham. Helen lives in London, NW3.