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title: We're Going on a Bear Hunt text: We're Going on a Bear Hunt 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. Five children and their dog go out to hunt a bear. They travel through grass, a river, mud, a forest and a snowstorm before coming face to face with a bear in its cave. This meeting causes panic and the title: We're Going on a Bear Hunt text: festive sadness." A mobile app, based on the book, was launched in December 2016. It is available on Amazon, Android, and Apple platforms. We're Going on a Bear Hunt 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. Five children and their dog go out to hunt a bear. They travel through grass, a river, title: We're Going on a Bear Hunt text: the children chant the refrain: followed by: The children, the eldest of whom is sometimes mistaken for their father, are based on Oxenbury's own children. Likewise, the dog is based on her dog. Each of the obstacles, apart from the river, are based on real life locations in England and Wales that Oxenbury knew. The story was adapted from an American folk song. Rosen, who heard the song, incorporated it in his poetry shows and subsequently wrote the book based upon it. Since publication, the book has never been out of print and each year has been in the 5,000 title: Michael Rosen text: enthuse and engage school children about poetry in the present. "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" is a children's novel written by Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. The book won the overall Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1989 and also won the 0-5 years category. The publisher, Walker Books, celebrated the Work's 25th anniversary in 2014 by breaking a "Guinness World Record" for the 'Largest Reading Lesson'. In 1993, Rosen gained an MA in Children's Literature from the University of Reading. He holds a PhD from the University of North London. Rosen is well established as a broadcaster, presenting title: We're Going on a Bear Hunt text: best selling books. The publisher has stated that the book has attained worldwide sales of more than 9 million copies. The book won the overall Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1989 and also won the 0–5 years category. In 1989 it was an 'Honor Book' in the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards. The book also won the 'School Library Journal Best Book of the Year' and the 'Mainichi Newspapers Japanese Picture Book Award, Outstanding Picture Book from Abroad' award. It was highly commended for the 1989 Kate Greenaway Medal. The publisher, Walker Books, celebrated the work's 25th anniversary in 2014 by