We're Going on a Bear Hunt

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"We're Going on a Bear Hunt" is a beloved children's picture book, written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, that follows a family’s rhythmic, repetitive adventure through various landscapes in search of a bear.

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instanceOf children's book
children's picture book
illustrated book
adaptation animated film
stage play
television film
author Michael Rosen NERFINISHED
awarded Kurt Maschler Award NERFINISHED
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize NERFINISHED
basedOn traditional campfire song
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
educationalUse early literacy
phonological awareness
storytelling activities
featuresCharacter baby
bear
children
dog
father
genre children's literature
picture book
hasISBN 9780744523232
illustrator Helen Oxenbury NERFINISHED
includesSetting cave
forest
grassland
mud
river
snowstorm
language English
mainCharacters family
narrativeForm cumulative tale
narrativeStyle repetitive
rhythmic
notableFor expressive watercolor illustrations
interactive read-aloud performance
use of onomatopoeia
publicationYear 1989
publisher Walker Books NERFINISHED
refrain "We can't go over it. We can't go under it. Oh no! We've got to go through it!"
"We're going on a bear hunt"
setting various outdoor landscapes
structure call-and-response
targetAudience early readers
preschool children
theme family adventure
imagination
overcoming fear

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