Michael Rosen — We&Apos;Re Going on a Bear Hunt

London, Walker Books Ltd, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated ninth printing of this popular children's book from English children's author Michael Wayne Rosen. First edition, ninth impression. Illustrated in colour throughout. The winner of numerous awards and the subject of a Guinness World Record for "Largest Reading Lesson" with a book-reading attended by fifteen hundred children, and an additional thirty thousand listeners online, in 2014. Following a family of five children (plus their dog), as they head off to hunt a bear. They travel through long wavy grass, a deep cold river, thick oozy mud, a big dark forest and a swirling whirling snowstorm before coming face to face with a bear in a narrow gloomy cave. Written by Michael Wayne Rosen, an English children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster, activist, and academic. He has written over two hundred books for children and adults. Illustrated by Helen Gillian Oxenbury, an English illustrator and writer of children's picture books. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small handling mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Helen Oxenbury. Fine/Near Fine.