The book won the overall Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1989 and also won the 0–5 years category. [5] In 1989 it was an 'Honor Book' in the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards. [6] The book also won the ' School Library Journal Best Book of the Year' and the ' Mainichi Newspapers Japanese Picture Book Award, Outstanding Picture Book from Abroad' award. [7] It was highly commended for the 1989 Kate Greenaway Medal. [8] Leeds Bear Hunt will see Leeds Hospitals Charity, the charity of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, team up with art trail experts Wild in Art, who have been delivering world class public events across the globe for ten years. on like a vice, though unable to kill the bear, would hold it in place long enough for the hunter to finish it. [9] The book has been adapted as a stage play by director Sally Cookson with musical score by Benji Bower and design by Katie Sykes. The play has run in the West End and in provincial theatres. The ending of the performance has been changed so that there is a reconciliation between the family and the bear. [9] [10] Time Out magazine, who awarded four stars out of five, whilst describing the performers as "wonderfully entertaining" also said "those in the later primary years might find it a little boring – not an awful lot happens, after all." [11] Television adaptation [ edit ]

Socially distanced neighbourhood bear hunts are taking off around the world". ABC News. 25 March 2020 . Retrieved 31 January 2021. We are absolutely delighted to be launching a 2023 Art Trail based on We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. My little girl loves the book and as a family we are excited at the prospect of going on our own ‘hunt’ across Leeds to find all the spectacular and original sculptures. We hope people will be just as excited as we are that such a world class, free public event will be coming to Leeds. Along with our wonderful activities to support your teaching of this book, we have a whole host of other collections to help you teach other children’s classics. Between 1850 and 1920 grizzly bear were eliminated from 95% of their original range, with extirpation occurring earliest on the Great Plains and later in remote mountainous areas. Unregulated killing of bear continued in most places through the 1950s and resulted in a further 52% decline in their range between 1920 and 1970. Grizzly bear managed to survive this last period of hunting only in remote wilderness areas larger than 26,000km 2 (10,000 mi2). Overall, grizzly bear were eliminated from 98% of their original range in the contiguous United States during a 100-year period. [17]The sculptures will be auctioned off to raise money for Leeds Hospitals Charity to support Leeds Children’s Hospital in September 2023.

The free public event is set to benefit the whole community, with hundreds of thousands of Leeds residents and visitors expected to join in the fun.Do you want to show your support for Leeds Children`s Hospital while showing off an incredible costume? 💜 Use our lovely Collection of activities to help you teach Bill Martin Jr.'s children's book. You’ll find sequencing cards, key word cards, number cards, themed word mats, and much more. The story was adapted from an American folk song; Rosen, who heard the song, incorporated it in his poetry shows and subsequently wrote the book based upon it. [2] Since publication, the book has never been out of print and each year has been in the 5,000 best selling books. [3] The publisher has stated that the book has attained worldwide sales of more than 9 million copies. [4] Awards [ edit ]