Michael Rosen, Helen Oxenbury: We're Going on a Bear Hunt (2014, Walker Books, Limited)
40 pages
English language
Published Jan. 9, 2014 by Walker Books, Limited.
A typically wonderful Oxenbury family sets out with gusto on a bear hunt, and the old story comes to life. Paintings are simply marvelous ... Rosen's retelling is spare, with a driving rhythm, and some new sounds add sparkle to the traditional tale. A predictable story in which brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat.
Using an adventure, they use repetitive text to teach different kinds of environments. Mixture of illustrations, with some being black/white and others being in colour; I find that interesting.
