We're Going on a Bear Hunt: Anniversary Edition of a Modern Classic - Hardcover

Rosen, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416987118 ISBN 13: 9781416987116

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009

Synopsis

Have you ever gone on a bear hunt? Come along on this one with a brave young family -- four children (including the baby) and their father. They're not scared. With them you will cross a field of tall, wavy grass ("Swishy swashy!"), wade through a deep, cold river ("Splash splosh!"), struggle through swampy mud ("Squelch squerch!"), find your way through a big, dark forest ("Stumble trip!"), fight through a whirling snowstorm ("Hoooo woooo!"), and enter a narrow, gloomy cave. WHAT'S THAT? You'll soon learn just what to do to escape from a big, furry bear!
With tremendous pace, humor, and verve, Michael Rosen has retold a favorite tractional story. The pictures by Helen Oxenbury, one of the most widely loved contemporary artists, are full of masterly characterizations, delightful comedy, and high drama, set in lovely sweeping landscapes. This is a book not to be missed, one to be chanted aloud and acted out, to be enjoyed over and over again. It is a picture book on the grand scale.

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Review:

This Big Book edition of Helen Michael Rosen's classic adventure is perfect for sharing with large groups.

This worthy winner of the Smarties prize in 1989 is a timeless classic that is enjoyed by children of all ages as well as by the adults who are continually asked to read it again and again. Follow the family's excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of the bear. What a surprise awaits us all in the cave on the other side of the dark forest. Michael Rosen's lyrical, repetitive text reads aloud beautifully and Helen Oxenbury's delightful watercolour illustrations not only provide the perfect complement but also add another dimension to the story itself. (Ages 3 and over)

The regular size edition of this book is also available.

Review:

Beautifully produced, written and illustrated, this is a classic work for any age at any period. The Independent on Sunday With such a partnership, how can this gorgeous great picture-book rhyme fail? The Guardian Lovely to read aloud and beautiful to look at. The Sunday Times "It's a special book and it just never gets old." --Gurgle

About this edition

• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1416987118
• ISBN 13: 9781416987116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Oxenbury Helen