We're going on a bear hunt

English language

Published March 18, 2000

ISBN:: 978-1-85269-709-9

We're Going on a Bear Hunt is a 1989 children's picture book written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. It has won numerous awards and was the subject of a Guinness World Record for "Largest Reading Lesson" with a book-reading attended by 1,500 children, and an additional 30,000 listeners online, in 2014.

8 editions

notes reviewed We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury

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1 star

Content warning reveals ending

illustrations are nice
repetitive text
parents take their kids to hunt a bear, go through lots of dangerous obstacles, arrive, and then flee home... to hide in their bed while the bear is right outside.... what?!
no concern for safety, consequences, or responsibility