A guaranteed hit for the storytime set. from a team whose talents haven’t aged a day.\u2014Kirkus Reviews<\/i> (starred review)<\/b>
The incomparable creative team behind We’re Going on a Bear Hunt <\/i>reunite for a read-aloud comedy of misunderstandings that has all the hallmarks of a classic. <\/b><\/p>\n
I went to the shop to get me a carrot.<\/i>
Oh dear! They gave me . . .<\/i>
. . . a parrot.<\/i>
Oh dear! Look what I got.<\/i>
Do I want that? No. I do NOT!<\/i>
<\/i>
As a hapless boy goes from shop to shop. requesting a series of perfectly reasonable items\u2014a hat. a coat. a cake. a chair\u2014he finds himself thwarted at every turn. amassing instead a growing menagerie of animals who happily follow him on his errands. It’s not until he finally asks for a cup that he’s proffered a wriggly creature that solves his dilemma . . . or does it? Adding delicious momentum to Michael Rosen’s rhymes (and mastery of the page turn) are an expressive crew of animal characters rendered as only Helen Oxenbury can. making for a timeless story guaranteed to beg many repeat readings. Oh dear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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