The brothers Grimm were indeed once read by millions of people - quite often the first reading materials given to people in… — 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
If you say to teachers, how can we, with the resources we've got here, develop a policy on reading books, then within… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
People always imagine that the whole of Victorian England was sitting around reading Alice in Wonderland - in fact only a tiny… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
I understand that more and more children under the age of 10 go to bed without having something read to them or… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Politicians of all kinds think there's some running in talking tough about children's reading. They think that if they announce to the… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Poetry on TV doesn't have to be like a newscast with someone staring blankly at the camera, pretending they're not reading from… — 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 Image
Anyway, once children get to talk, they seem to be finding ways to joke. — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
