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Helen Oxenbury

Author of We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Includes the names: H. Oxenbury, Helen Oxenbury, Helen Oxenbury, Heklen Oxenbury

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Works by Helen Oxenbury

We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Illustrator) 3,919 copies, 121 reviews
Farmer Duck (Illustrator) 1,063 copies, 27 reviews
King Jack and the Dragon (Illustrator) 224 copies, 11 reviews
Clap Hands 222 copies, 6 reviews
Tickle, Tickle 221 copies, 6 reviews
So Much! (Illustrator) 201 copies, 3 reviews
It's My Birthday 194 copies, 2 reviews
Say Goodnight 160 copies, 6 reviews
All Fall Down 158 copies, 9 reviews
I Hear! 122 copies, 6 reviews
The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Collection 117 copies, 2 reviews
I See 115 copies, 8 reviews
Tom and Pippo go for a walk 112 copies, 2 reviews
I Touch (Baby Beginner Board Books) 98 copies, 4 reviews

I Can (Baby Beginner Board Books) 94 copies, 4 reviews

Tom and Pippo Read a Story (Pippo, 1) 93 copies, 4 reviews

Tom and Pippo's day 81 copies, 2 reviews

Tom and Pippo and the washing machine 79 copies, 3 reviews

Tom and Pippo Make a Mess 73 copies

Tom and Pippo in the Garden 53 copies

Tom and Pippo See the Moon (Oxenbury, Helen. Pippo.) 48 copies, 1 review

Dressing 45 copies, 2 reviews

Pippo Gets Lost (Tom and Pippo) 43 copies, 2 reviews

Tom and Pippo Go Shopping (Oxenbury, Helen. Pippo.) 40 copies

Friends (Oxenbury Board Books) 38 copies

Helen Oxenbury's ABC of Things 36 copies

Pig Tale 32 copies, 1 review

Grandma and Grandpa (Out-and-About) 31 copies

Tiny Tim: Verses for children 29 copies, 1 review

Our Dog (First Picture Books) 29 copies

The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Rhyme Book 29 copies

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Illustrator, some editions) 18,100 copies, 253 reviews
Alice in Wonderland (Illustrator, some editions) 17,871 copies, 371 reviews
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Illustrator, some editions) 5,423 copies, 105 reviews
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig (Illustrator) 2,147 copies, 68 reviews
The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury (Author) 1,085 copies, 14 reviews
The Hunting of the Snark (Illustrator, some editions) 952 copies, 30 reviews
Five Go Adventuring Again (Cover artist, some editions) 854 copies, 9 reviews
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Illustrator) 788 copies, 77 reviews
The Enormous Turnip (Illustrator, some editions) 467 copies, 10 reviews
Big Momma Makes the World (Illustrator) 153 copies, 10 reviews
The Quangle Wangle's Hat (Illustrator, some editions) 153 copies, 8 reviews
There's Going to Be a Baby (Illustrator) 138 copies, 26 reviews
Charley's First Night (Illustrator) 87 copies, 14 reviews
Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair! (Illustrator) 82 copies, 6 reviews

Letters of Thanks (Illustrator, some editions) 27 copies, 1 review

Alphabet Gallery (Illustrator) 13 copies

Childhood Favourites: A Collection to Treasure (Anthology) 7 copies

Helen Oxenbury Nursery Treasury (The) (Illustrator) 6 copies

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Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

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Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

Tel Aviv, Israel

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Ipswich School of Art

Central School of Art and Design, London

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children's book author

theatre designer

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Burningham, John (husband)

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