Oh Dear, Look What I Got!

By Michael Rosen

"A guaranteed hit for the storytime set, from a team whose talents haven't aged a day."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The incomparable creative team behind We're Going on a Bear Hunt reunite for a read-aloud comedy of misunderstandings that has all the hallmarks of a classic.

I went to the shop to get me a carrot.
Oh dear They gave me . . .
. . . a parrot.
Oh dear Look what I got.
Do I want that? No, I do NOT

As 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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536235687
• ISBN13: 9781536235685
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2