We're Going on a Bear Hunt

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Celebrate 30 wonderful years of We're Going on a Bear Hunt in this special anniversary edition of the much-loved family favourite.

We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too For thirty years, readers have been swishy-swashying and splash-sploshing through this award-winning favourite. This new anniversary paperback edition brings the story to life for a whole new generation of readers. Follow and join in the family's excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river, squelch through the mud and brave their way through the swirling, whirling snowstorm in search of a bear. What a surprise awaits them in the cave on the other side of the dark forest!

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30 years after We're Going on A Bear Hunt was first published, this celebratory board-book edition delivers all the delicate classic charm of the original to an eager new audience. * Baby Magazine *
Happy 30th birthday to one of the most addictive and entertaining tales for tots ever written. * The Sun *
Featured in The Guide Liverpool for a Were Going on a Bear Hunt collaboration with Liverpool City Council. * The Guide Liverpool *

Author Bio

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 and professor of Childrens Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. 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.