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
The word 'family' has always posed great difficulties. Until recently, high death rates for women in labour meant many stepmothers and, according… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
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
There should be room in education for schooling to be more responsive to events, more focused on varying interpretations and more able… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
If you think you're living in an imperfect world, you can write a book about a better world and hope that enough… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
The arts investigate the properties of the world by playing with materials - such as stone, paint, fabric, synthetic substances, the human… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Purely on their own, words are inert splashes of ink, sound waves, blips on a screen and the like. Our minds perceive… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
When territories were settled or invaded by force, the colonisers frequently used names of European monarchs, leaders and the military as part… — 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
