{"product_id":"oh-dear-look-what-i-got-9781536235685","title":"Oh Dear, Look What I Got!","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe incomparable creative team behind \u003ci\u003eWe're Going on a Bear Hunt \u003c\/i\u003ereunite for a read-aloud comedy of misunderstandings that has all the hallmarks of a classic. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI went to the shop to get me a carrot.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh dear! They gave me . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e. . . a parrot.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh dear! Look what I got.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo I want that? No, I do NOT!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a hapless boy goes from shop to shop, requesting a series of perfectly reasonable items--a hat, a coat, a cake, a chair--he 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!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Rosen \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet and the author of many books for children, including the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eWe're Going on a Bear Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, which won the Nestlé Smarties Children's\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize; \u003ci\u003eA Great Big Cuddle\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Chris Riddell;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMichael Rosen's Sad Book\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Quentin Blake. He received the Eleanor Farjeon Award\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efor services to children's literature\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein 1997 and served as Children's\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLaureate in the UK between 2007 and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e2009. Michael Rosen lives in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Oxenbury \u003c\/b\u003eis a two-time winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the 2015 Carle Artist Honoree. She is a celebrated illustrator of many well-loved books, including \u003ci\u003eCharley's First Night \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhen Charley Met Grampa\u003c\/i\u003e, both by Amy Hest, \u003ci\u003eFarmer Duck\u003c\/i\u003e by Martin Waddell, \u003ci\u003eWe're Going on a Bear Hunt \u003c\/i\u003eby Michael Rosen, and \u003ci\u003eThere's Going to Be a Baby\u003c\/i\u003e by her husband, John Burningham. Helen Oxenbury lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580368748818,"sku":"9781536235685","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f265b1c-9322-46c5-aa38-0b14150ff1eb.jpg?v=1756218073","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/oh-dear-look-what-i-got-9781536235685","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}