<P> We can't go over it . We can't go under it . Oh no! We've got to go through it! </P> <P> The children, the eldest of whom is sometimes mistaken for their father, are based on Oxenbury's own children . Likewise, the dog is based on her dog . Each of the obstacles, apart from the river, are based on real life locations in England and Wales that Oxenbury knew . </P> <P> 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 . Since publication, the book has never been out of print and each year has been in the 5,000 best selling books . The publisher has stated that the book has attained worldwide sales of more than 9 million copies . </P> <P> The book won the overall Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1989 and also won the 0--5 years category . In 1989 it was an' Honor Book' in the Boston Globe--Horn Book Awards . 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 . It was highly commended for the 1989 Kate Greenaway Medal . </P>

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