We're Going on a Bear Hunt -- Michael Rosen, Hardcover

Beloved for more than 30 years, this award-winning classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury celebrates the joys of an afternoon outdoors with family.

We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one.

Will you come too? Join a father and his four young children as they cross a field of tall, wavy grass, wade through a deep, cold river, struggle through swampy mud, find their way through a big, dark forest, fight through a whirling snowstorm, and enter finally enter a narrow, gloomy cave. What will they find there? You'll have to read on to find out

For more than thirty years readers have been swishy swashing and splash sploshing through this award-winning favorite. Now fans of this timeless story from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury can treasure this keepsake hardcover picture book.

Author: Michael Rosen
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 09/30/1989
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 10.42h x 11.46w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780689504761
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 11194 / We're Going on a Bear Hunt


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/30/1989
School Library Journal 08/01/1989

About the Author
Michael Rosen, an English poet, scriptwriter, broadcaster, and performer, has been writing for children since 1970. He lives in London with his wife and five children.

Helen Oxenbury is the renowned illustrator of many classic picture books, including We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas. Ms. Oxenbury lives with her husband, illustrator John Burningham, in North London.