We're Going on a Bear Hunt

A family sets off across the countryside, determined to catch a big bear, and nothing is going to stop them. Long wavy grass, a deep cold river, thick oozy mud, a dark forest and a swirling, whirling snowstorm all stand in the way, and each must be crossed the only way it can be: straight through. Michael Rosen's chant, all swishy swashy and splash splosh, begs to be read aloud, while Helen Oxenbury's pictures move between black and white and full colour as the adventure builds.

This anniversary paperback marks thirty years of an award-winning picture book that families have been stomping along to ever since. It belongs with small children who love to join in, and with the grown-ups who secretly enjoy tiptoeing towards that cave just as much.