#74

it’s not this, no?

#75

Roger Hargreaves is dead.

So is Judith Kerr, who would have been another guess, for The Tiger Who Came To Tea

#76

No, although I would have thought it was a slightly more popular book than the actual answer.

#77

A Bear Called Paddington?

#78

That Bear Hunt book

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#79

Much like Paxman, I’m going to have to push you on that

#80

Janet Ahlberg has died, but Allan hasn’t, so maybe

Peepo
Each Peach Pear Plum
Funny Bones?

#81

Oh you will will you?

#82

Nah, I’m done.

It is indeed We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

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#83

never heard of it

1/5

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#84

Came out in '89 so by the time it had built a following I was too old for it, so yeah, I never read it as a kid. Obviously does good business though, they turned it into a The Snowman style cartoon for Christmas last year or the year before.

#85

It’s an absolute staple in eyfs and ks1 classrooms. I would bet every primary age child in the country has read it/had it read to them/watched a YouTube clip of Michael Rosen reading it.

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#86

Yeah, my daughter loved it when she was little. What royalty rate do you reckon Michael Rosen is on for a book that’s been a consistent bestseller for twenty years? He didn’t draw any of the pictures and there’s only about forty words in the whole thing. Reckon he could have knocked it off in an afternoon and spent the last couple of decades living off it, the lucky sod.

#87

That and his chocolate cake poem.

He’s great really, does loads of education stuff, teaching about writing etc

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#88

Final Fantasy VII Official Strategy Guide

#89

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a traditional rhyme, isn’t it? I think Michael Rosen just wrote a version of it.

Either way, I hope he has made a load of cash off it, the man is a hero. (The Bus is for Us and Happy Harry’s Cafe are late period classics in case anyone is interested)

#90

Yeah, we had to sing it at school. Although it was a lion hunt we went on.

I’ve never really understood how he got away with getting credit for it. You’d think some organisation would have some kind of hold of it. Like when the Brownies sued Men At Work.

Will have a random guess at Where the Wild Things Are for one of those books…although I think it’s more popular in the USA than UK.

#91

The answers have both been revealed, WTWTA didn’t make it I’m afraid.

#92

Oh, I missed that. Forget I ever mentioned it!

Surprised WGOABH sells that many, regardless of who first came up with it.

#93

Mr Nice