Michael Rosen

Curl up with a playful collection of poems from best-selling children's author and poet Michael Rosen, perfect for sharing with young friends. In this exuberant compilation, Michael Rosen invites children to joyfully celebrate sounds and the infinite possibilities of language. Nonsense verses with the...

Michael Rosen and Talleen Hacikyan join forces to portray some of Aesop's most famous fables in this beautifully illustrated picture book. Loyal dogs, tricky foxes and powerful lions are only a part of the large cast of animals that helps teach children age-old life...

A timely retelling of A Christmas Carol for the whole family about a smartphone-obsessed dad. This Christmas, join Michael Rosen and Tony Ross with their unforgettable retelling of Charles Dickens's beloved holiday classic. Harry Gruber plays the role of Scrooge in his school's production...

Author: Michael RosenISBN-10: 1547613300ISBN-13: 9781547613304Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2023Pages: 32Format: HardcoverAbout the AuthorMichael Rosen is a beloved children's author, poet, broadcaster and activist who has written over 140 books, including the mega-bestselling classic We're Going on a Bear Hunt. He served as Children's...

Bilal is terrified of The Test. He can't answer any of the questions But then Bumble the bee comes along, and he can answer any question you ask, even the really tricky ones. Then Bilal's granny suggests they go on the wildly popular TV...

Few anthologies for this age group include such a fine selection of works, introduce the poets so vividly, or provide such a rich collection of haunting illustrations. -- BooklistPoetry provides the best introduction to the marvels of the English language. This volume, collected by...

"This collection of silly rhymes and poems is sure to please. . . . An excellent choice for pre-readers and very young children, as well as anyone with a love for nursery rhymes." -- School Library Journal (starred review) Michael Rosen invites children to...

Hegel's philosophy has often been compared to a circle of circles: an ascending spiral to its admirers, but a vortex to its critics. The metaphor reflects Hegel's claim to offer a conception of philosophical reason so comprehensive as to include all others as partial...

The award-winning team behind A Great Big Cuddle--two former UK Children's Laureates--reunite to present a collection of nursery rhymes both familiar and rediscovered. Honey for breakfast, Honey for tea.Honey for YOU, Honey for ME. Welcome to the vibrant world of nursery rhymes--from beloved playground...

A WORK OF GENIUS --Chris Evans Learn the most beautiful skill from an expert in making children laugh, Michael Rosen Jokes, a jack-in-the-box, jelly, and jumping beans make children laugh. As do practical jokes, peekaboo, pantomime and poetry that makes no sense. Why and...

Just how happy is this puppy? Michael Rosen's gleeful picture-book gambol follows a jubilant pooch from here to the stars and back. This puppy is HAPPY! So happy it wants to shout about it! Riding high on a cloud of joy, it wants to...

When you're hungry--really hungry--what exactly could you eat? From the delicious to the daffy, Michael Rosen's rhyming read-aloud offers a tasting menu for the silliest toddler connoisseurs among us. Look out! This squirrel is hungry. So hungry, it could eat . . . everything!...

Playful and jubilant, Michael Rosen's read-aloud delight captures the can't-sit-still spirit of children with energy to burn. This bunny is so wriggly! Around and around, on the ground, it waves its feet and drums out a beat. It just can't stop! But, phew--it's tiring...

Now with sheet music to help you sing the song as you reenact the story. Littler Rabbit Foo Foo riding through the forest, scooping up the goblins and bopping them on the head.Author: Michael RosenISBN-10: 0671796046ISBN-13: 9780671796044Publisher: Aladdin PaperbacksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1993Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize:...

Michael Rosen has reimagined this classic play by William Shakespeare as the story of Macbeth, a promising 12-year-old striker on the Shotfield football team, and his burning desire to become team captain. His hard-hearted mother pushes him to do whatever it takes to get...

Michael Rosen has reimagined this classic play by William Shakespeare as the story of Macbeth, a promising 12-year-old striker on the Shotfield football team, and his burning desire to become team captain. His hard-hearted mother pushes him to do whatever it takes to get...

With unmitigated honesty, a touch of humor, and sensitive illustrations by Quentin Blake, Michael Rosen explores the experience of sadness in a way that resonates with us all. Sometimes I'm sad and I don't know why.It's just a cloud that comes along and covers...

Told with honesty and good humor, this moving picture book recounts beloved author Michael Rosen's recovery from Covid. One day, three people came to my bedsideand said: "Today we are going to get you up." After being admitted to the hospital in 2020 for...

This book studies the relationship between number theory in algebraic number fields and algebraic function fields. Because function fields are a bit different from number fields, even the experienced number theorist will learn from this book. Algebraic geometers will like the book, since the...

In a masterful new collaboration, personal poems and poignant art illuminate the experience of refugees and immigrants everywhere. That's whyit can happen again.It does happen again.It has happened again. Some of Michael Rosen's relatives were lost before he was born, in the Holocaust. First,...

This book addresses a central theme in social and political theory: what is the motivation behind the theory of ideology, and can such a theory be defended?Author: Michael RosenISBN-10: 0745605958ISBN-13: 9780745605951Publisher: Polity PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1996Pages: 304Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75dAbout the...

This book addresses a central theme in social and political theory: what is the motivation behind the theory of ideology, and can such a theory be defended?Author: Michael RosenISBN-10: 0745615961ISBN-13: 9780745615967Publisher: Polity PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1996Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65dAbout the...

This is a short guide for teachers on how to teach poetry - reading, responding and writing. It is full of ideas on where and how to start, descriptions of why it's such a valuable activity. It's for you to use, adapt and change...

This is a short guide for teachers on how to help a school put in place a reading for pleasure policy. To support this policy the guide also takes a close look at how children read - what do they think as they read?...

Former British Children's Laureate Michael Rosen and award-winning artist Polly Dunbar join forces for thirty-two irresistible rhymes that revel in toddlers' everyday lives. Will you getti the spaghetti?Don't say, "Not yetti spaghetti!" I'm all setti for spaghetti. Fizzing with rhythm, energy, and laughter, this...

A collection of charming and funny stories from award-winning and best-selling author, Michael Rosen and illustrated by best-selling illustrator, Tony Ross.Rigatoni the Pasta CatRigatoni is a cat that loves pasta. He loves it so much, he eats it every day. But when his owners...

A collection of charming and funny stories from award-winning and best-selling author, Michael Rosen and illustrated by best-selling illustrator, Tony Ross.Rigatoni the Pasta CatRigatoni is a cat that loves pasta. He loves it so much, he eats it every day. But when his owners...

Comic-book action meets picture-book adventure in this exciting and funny outing from beloved author Michael Rosen and illustrator Katharine McEwen. Tune in as a father reads his children a bedtime story about the exploits of two villains, Filth and Vacuum, and their wicked plan...

The brilliant family memoir of the much-beloved poet and political campaignerIn this hilarious, moving memoir, much-loved children's poet and political campaigner Michael Rosen recalls the first twenty-three years of his life. He was born in the North London suburbs, and his parents, Harold and...

Michael Rosen writes: "In 1997 I completed a Ph.D. on the subject of authoring a piece of children's literature - a book of poems that was eventually published as 'You Wait Till I'm Older Than You' (Puffin). In the thesis I tried to put...

It is the evening of July 18, 1898 and the world-renowned novelist mile Zola is on the run. His crime?Taking on the highest powers in the land with his open letter "J'accuse"--and losing. Forced to leave Pariswith nothing but the clothes he is standing...

A bold and beautifully written exploration of the "afterlife" of God, showing how apparently secular habits of mind in fact retain the structure of religious thought. Once in the West, our lives were bounded by religion. Then we were guided out of the darkness...

This anthology offers a unique insight into the real experiences of the people at the heart of the NHS - from the student nurse at the start of his career to the heart surgeon on the eve of her retirement. We also hear the...

"Playground dynamics become testy as a willful child attempts to exclude everyone else in this simple, humorous lesson in human relations. . . . Deft and funny." --THE HORN BOOK George has a house made from a big cardboard box, and he says that...

Many people use religion to guide them and instill a set of principles that they can follow in life. However, not everyone chooses to go down this path. Those who don't believe in things like god or destiny might subscribe to humanism, or the...

Trying to visually trace each person's roots, which can span multiple countries and continents, could look like a massive, tangled ball of yarn. Immigration has been a hot-button issue since the dawn of civilization, with each country's government policies allowing them to dictate who...

No matter how hard we try, we just can't get out. It's like we are not allowed to. Some give up and say, "alright then, if you won't give, I will bloody well take." And you know what Shona, I don't blame them.Shona and...

Beloved for more than 30 years, this award-winning classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury celebrates the joys of an afternoon outdoors with family. We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too? Join a father...

Beloved for more than 30 years, this award-winning classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury celebrates the joys of an afternoon outdoors with family. We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too? Join a father...

Beloved for more than 30 years, this award-winning classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury celebrates the joys of an afternoon outdoors with family. We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too? Join a father...

Beloved for more than 30 years, this award-winning classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury celebrates the joys of an afternoon outdoors with family. We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too? Join a father...

An adorable new bear joins the classic read-aloud for an adventure that little bear hunters will love. A great gift! Imagine the fun of going on a bear hunt--through tall, wavy grass (SWISHY SWASHY!), swampy mud (SQUELCH SQUELCH!), and a swirling, whirling snowstorm (HOOOO...

Beloved for more than 30 years, this award-winning classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury celebrates the joys of an afternoon outdoors with family. We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too? Join a father...

Beloved for more than 30 years, this award-winning classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury celebrates the joys of an afternoon outdoors with family. We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too? Join a father...

Beloved for more than 30 years, this award-winning classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury celebrates the joys of an afternoon outdoors with family. We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too? Join a father...

"What is a Bong Tree? brings together a big selection of Michael Rosen's writings and talks over five decades. They are about the centrality of literature, including children's literature, in the lives of all of us; about the power of poetry to inspire, console...

Celebrated poet and critic Michael Rosen takes readers on a whirlwind tour exploring what poems are, what they can do, and the joys of reading and writing them. For thousands of years, people have been writing poetry. But what is poetry? Award-winning wordsmith Michael...

Celebrated poet and critic Michael Rosen takes readers on a whirlwind tour exploring what poems are, what they can do, and the joys of reading and writing them. For thousands of years, people have been writing poetry. But what is poetry? Award-winning wordsmith Michael...

Michael Rosen's lively exploration of Dickens, reissued in an accessible new format for young middle-grade readers. From the Artful Dodger to Miss Havisham to Scrooge, Charles Dickens brought some of our favorite fictional characters to life. But what inspired him? Who was the man...

Michael Rosen's lively exploration of Shakespeare, reissued in an accessible new format for young middle-grade readers. More than four hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, his name is known in every corner of the world. Why? Celebrated poet, critic, and Shakespeare enthusiast Michael Rosen...