I think of children's books as not so much for children, but as the filling that goes between the child world and… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
My parents bookshelves were full of books that belonged to their lives in the Communist party. — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
What's difficult to do in books for children is to create funny incidents. Funny images, funny language and any kind of taboo-breaking… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
The way we speak is very different from the way we write - especially from the way we write continuous prose. — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
We've all been children, we all know a parent or parent-figure. This makes us all potential writers of children's books. — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
One of the many falsities of fiction that we accept quite happily is the non-ageing of characters as they appear across series… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children's book in them. — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
A very important part of writing for children is appearing at book festivals, and in libraries and schools. An important part of… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Writing can be a bit like unfolding something...Slowly, the writer reveals what's happening. But that's only half of what's going on. Writers… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
The whole of Sheffield seems to be crazy about books. There are festivals and their own book awards, and their own children's… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Only when all children are in a book-loving environment will they achieve literacy, yes, but a lot more: a confidence in handling… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Lists, and lists of lists, invite many questions and one that crops up here is: what makes a children's book last? When… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
The first pages of any book I remember reading, in Pinner Wood primary school, were from The Beacon Readers: stories of Farmer… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Books for children get into schools. Committed teachers use books like mine alongside films, non-fiction and fiction to help children investigate and… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
A Christmas Carol' is one of a few literary works that can be cited as a common cultural reference point, so its… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
The world of children's books is a very friendly, decent place to be. It's full of people who are desperate to enlighten,… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
I was very lucky to have been brought up in a household where my older brother and my father read out loud… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Reading for pleasure can easily sound like some kind of wishy-washy, soft option, while instructional stuff like learning-to-read through 'synthetic phonics' and… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Any child who reads widely, often and for pleasure will inevitably make comparisons between what they're reading, why they're reading and how… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
One of the reasons we invented continuous prose was to lay out an argument, piling points on top of each other, weighing… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Performance poetry is not one genre. Some chant, sing and dance. Some stand rooted to the spot and stare. Some chat their way in… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
When I was about 15 - that would be some 60 years ago - I remember my father, a secondary school teacher, was always… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
One of the many falsities of fiction that we accept quite happily is the non-ageing of characters as they appear across series and sequels. — Michael Rosen Copy Share
Commitment is not a barrier to freedom. Commitment is the *exercise* of freedom, the act of making a choice or decision and meaning it.… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
What happens on the ground is that schools have been required to follow a literacy matrix - yes, some schools junked it - but… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
Yes, it's possible to play computer games on your own and many do. But I also see children playing them in pairs and fours… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
You can give up the best years of your life knowing that no matter what you do or how you do it, your step-child… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
We have an almost complete comprehensive primary school system in England. Surely, if grammar schools are some kind of answer to making education better… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
Where the government has got it seriously wrong is to imagine that poetry is about right and wrong answers, that poetry has testable outcomes.… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
Its social: in doing the arts we find out what we need from each other. But its also about survival - surviving as individuals,… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
Cricket is great for families, so long as you don't play by the proper rules and adapt it so the youngest can be helped… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
The brothers Grimm were indeed once read by millions of people - quite often the first reading materials given to people in the 1950s… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
The world of children's books is a very friendly, decent place to be. It's full of people who are desperate to enlighten, interest and… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
The main problem with people not reading to their children is the lack of a bridge between schools and families, so that children don't… — Michael Rosen Copy Share
