Question: who wrote were going on a bear hunt?
Answer: Michael Rosen

We 're Going on a Bear Hunt is a 1989 children 's picture book written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury . It has won numerous awards and was the subject of a Guinness World Record for '' Largest Reading Lesson '' with a book - reading attended by 1,500 children , and an additional 30,000 listeners online , in 2014 .