Michael Rosen | Children's Laureate Children's Laureate 2007-9 Michael Rosen was appointed the fifth Children's Laureate in 2007 Michael Rosen was born in 1946 in north London. One of the best-known figures in the children's book world, he is renowned for his work as a poet, performer, broadcaster and scriptwriter. As an author and by selecting other writers’ works for anthologies he has been involved with over 140 books. He lectures and teaches in universities on children’s literature, reading and writing. He visits schools with his one-man show to enthuse children with his passion for books and poetry. Michael Rosen started writing poetry when he was twelve years old, creating satirical poems about people he knew. He went to various state schools in Pinner, Harrow and Watford and by the time he was sixteen he was an avid poetry reader, especially enjoying DH Lawrence’s poems and James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Michael began looking outside the recommended reading to contemporary working class ballads.
Francesca Simon Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books Where Teachers Come First bookwizardMy Book Lists GO Instant access to reproducibles Downloadable eBooks Authors and Illustrators Biographies, interviews, author and study resources for children's book authors and illustrators Scholastic School to Home Teacher Resources Products & Services Online Shopping Teacher Update Newsletter Sign up today for free teaching ideas, lesson plans, online activities, tips for your classroom, and much more. See a sample > Join Us Online About Scholastic Our Website Need Help? PRIVACY POLICY · Terms of Use · TM ® & © 2016 Scholastic Inc. Michael Rosen Michael Rosen (b. 1946) says he became a children's poet by accident - "I thought I was being an ironic adult poet but children's literature 'claimed' me". He has since become a very well-known poet, for adults as well as children, and also writes plays; he has worked in television and radio too, in programmes from Home Truths to Playschool. He is a winner of the Eleanor Farjeon Award for Children's Literature and the National Literacy WOW Award, has received an honorary doctorate from the Open University, and has been involved in one way or another with more than a hundred books. This recording, though, is taken from just three of those books: his Book of Nonsense, Even More Nonsense, and In the Colonie. The first two are, indeed, full of Nonsense, as titles like 'Bips', 'The Smeenge' and 'Plonky Wonky Doodah' suggest. Rosen says that his Nonsense is in conversation with Edward Lear, who wrote dozens of limericks too, so it's not surprising to find '3 Limericks' in this section.
Philip Reeve ~ Welcome Michael Morpurgo Michael Rosen - Children's Poetry Archive Michael Rosen (b. 1946) says he became a children's poet by accident - "I thought I was being an ironic adult poet but children's literature 'claimed' me". He has since become a very well-known poet, for adults as well as children, and also writes plays; he has worked in television and radio too, in programmes from Home Truths to Playschool. He is a winner of the Eleanor Farjeon Award for Children's Literature and the National Literacy WOW Award, has received an honorary doctorate from the Open University, and has been involved in one way or another with more than a hundred books. This recording, though, is taken from just three of those books: his Book of Nonsense, Even More Nonsense, and In the Colonie. The first two are, indeed, full of Nonsense, as titles like 'Bips', 'The Smeenge' and 'Plonky Wonky Doodah' suggest.
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