Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury interviewed by the Guardian

Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury shed some light on the origins of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt in this video interview on the Guardian, and explain how the book could have looked very different had Helen not ignored Michael’s original ideas. Watch the video below, or on the guardian.com.  

Read for RNIB Day is Going on a Bear Hunt

Walker Books and Read for RNIB Day are celebrating 25 years of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt with the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ record attempt for the world’s largest reading lesson. At 10am on Tuesday 15th July 2014 we will be hosting The Biggest Ever Bear Hunt reading lesson with Michael Rosen, the author of the beloved … Read more

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – at the Imagine Centre

We’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of the beloved picture book at Imagine Children’s Festival 2014. You will be able to go on an adventure with a professional storyteller – dress up as a bear or bring your own to join in! Find out more at the Soutbank Centre. **The event is now sold out, but … Read more

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – at the Imagine Centre

We’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of the beloved picture book at Imagine Children’s Festival 2014. You will be able to go on an adventure with a professional storyteller – dress up as a bear or bring your own to join in! Find out more at the Soutbank Centre. **The event is now sold out, but … Read more

Bear Hunt BookBench coming to London this summer

A brilliant new literary scheme called Books About Town is re-creating famous books as benches, including Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, George Orwell’s 1984 and J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. Walker Books are going to have our very own We’re Going on a Bear Hunt bench. The benches – which will resemble giant open … Read more

Celebrate 25 years with a stunning anniversary edition

This is a BIG year for We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. This much-loved picture book has been enjoyed by children for 25 years. To celebrate, we’ve created an extra special anniversary edition, with beautiful jacket and gold spine, and a board book, too! Take a peek at the Books page.

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to the brand new We’re Going on a Bear Hunt website! Why not take a look around? Watch a video of Michael Rosen performing the book and find out how it was created on our Videos page. Download activity sheets so your little ones can Join the Bear Hunt. We’ve got lots … Read more