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Winner of the 1989 Smarties Book Prize and highly commended for the 1989 Kate Greenaway Medal, this picture book tells of a family going in search of a bear in a cave. When Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury's family go on a bear hunt, they are full of the bravado and confidence that the knowledge of failure brings: We're going on a bear hunt, We're going to catch a big one. What a beautiful day! We're not scared. Caves, mud, rivers, forest ? whatever obstacles the family encounters, they overcome with reassuring ease. But when their quest is successful, they decide bear hunts are not to be repeated.Chunkily manageable for little hands, repetition of the "We can't go over it. / We can't go under it. / Oh no! / We've got to go through it" kind, and frequent onomatopoeia ("Swishy Swashy ? Splash Splosh ? Hoooo Woooo") will maintain interest for even the youngest of listeners.The only disappointment in this wipe-clean board book is that the colour story boards are alternated with less interesting black-and-white ones, but apart from that Helen Oxenbury keeps to her usual high standard of illustration and, combined ...
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Introducing Emily's Library. Part 1: 62 Great Books for the Very Young
Wordless picture books also feature on this list because they're great examples of narrative art: they prove, definitively, that a story does not require words. Art is so central .... In its board book incarnation, great for the youngest readers. Ian Falconer .... Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, We're Going on a Bear Hunt (1989) .... Elizabeth Bird's Fuse #8; Julie Walker Danielson's Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast; Anita Silvey's Children's Book-a-Day Almanac ...
Singapore Books Online: We're Going on a Bear Hunt
We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Walker story board books)(Board book). Winner of the 1989 Smarties Book Prize and highly commended for the 1989 Kate Greenaway Medal, this picture book tells of a family going in search of a ...
Becky's Book Reviews: January Reflections
Waiting on Wednesday-Range of Ghosts, by Elizabeth Bear ... TOP TEN TUESDAY: Top Ten Books I Think Would Make Great Book Club Picks ... Sadie Walker is Stranded by Madeleine Roux ...... True, 17 of them were picture books or board books. .... Denise Hunter. 2012. January 2012. Thomas Nelson. 304 pages. The Gospel Story Bible: Discovering Jesus in the Old and New Testaments. Marty Machowski. 2011. Illustrated by A.E. Macha. New Growth Press.
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