Book Review We’re going on a Bear Hunt. By Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is one of my favourite and most remembered children’s books. This book has particularly good illustrations which support what is happening in the story. Those children that are unable to read this story to themselves will be able to tell the story from the pictures alone. The story is repetitive the whole way through and could be used interactively in the classroom as the children would soon be able to recite it. The story is based on a family who are on a bear hunt and explains the many obstacles that they face to get there. The authors use exciting phrases when describing the obstacles such as ‘long wavy grass’, ‘a deep cold river’, ‘thick oozy mud’ and ‘a swirling whirling snowstorm’. Sound effects such as ‘swishy swashy’ are used which encourages children to join in with the story. When the family finally find a bear they are frightened of it. This story is very descriptive and when describing the bear he has ‘one shiny wet nose’, ‘two big furry ears’ and ‘two big goggly eyes’. The story is then reversed because the family have to go back the way they came in order to get home. Children of year 2 in particularly whose writing for their SATs needs to be creative can use this story to gain an idea of the types of words and phrases which they can use in their writing. I would definitely recommend this story to early year’s children because it will excite them and they are able to join in with this story because of its repetitive nature.
We’re going on a Bear Hunt. By Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is one of my favourite and most remembered children’s books. This book has particularly good illustrations which support what is happening in the story. Those children that are unable to read this story to themselves will be able to tell the story from the pictures alone. The story is repetitive the whole way through and could be used interactively in the classroom as the children would soon be able to recite it.
The story is based on a family who are on a bear hunt and explains the many obstacles that they face to get there. The authors use exciting phrases when describing the obstacles such as ‘long wavy grass’, ‘a deep cold river’, ‘thick oozy mud’ and ‘a swirling whirling snowstorm’. Sound effects such as ‘swishy swashy’ are used which encourages children to join in with the story. When the family finally find a bear they are frightened of it. This story is very descriptive and when describing the bear he has ‘one shiny wet nose’, ‘two big furry ears’ and ‘two big goggly eyes’. The story is then reversed because the family have to go back the way they came in order to get home.
Children of year 2 in particularly whose writing for their SATs needs to be creative can use this story to gain an idea of the types of words and phrases which they can use in their writing. I would definitely recommend this story to early year’s children because it will excite them and they are able to join in with this story because of its repetitive nature.