For brave hunters and bear-lovers, the classic chant-aloud by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury in a deluxe slipcase edition of the classic picture book.
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. 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!
Over eleven million copies sold worldwide of We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Winner of a Mumsnet Best Award, the 1989 Smarties Book Prize and highly
commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
About the author
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 Rosen's 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 Children's Laureate from 2007 to
2009. He is a distinguished critic and academic, co-directing an MA in
Children's Literature at Birkbeck College. Michael lives in London with his
family.
About the illustrator
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.