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We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Contributor(s): Oxenbury, Helen (Illustrator), Rosen, Michael (Author)

ISBN: 0689815816 ISBN-13: 9780689815812
Publisher: Little Simon

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Binding Type: Board Books - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 1997
Annotation: The bestselling picture book "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" is now available as a board book. "A typically wonderful Oxenbury family sets out with gusto on a bear hunt, and the old story comes to life. . . Paintings are simply marvelous. . . . Rosen's retelling is spare, with a driving rhythm, and some new sounds add sparkle to the traditional tale . . . Just plain fun from beginning to end . . ."--"The Horn Book, " starred review.

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Bears

Dewey: E

Age Level: 2-5

Grade Level: PreK-K

Lexile Measure: 280 BR (Beginning Reading)

Series: Classic Board Book

Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 5.1" L (0.55 lbs) 36 pages

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1997 pg. 18 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 11194
Reading Level: 1.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
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 and share this Classic Board Book edition that has an updated, colorized cover.

Contributor Bio(s): Rosen, Michael: - 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.Oxenbury, Helen: - 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.

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