Michael Rosen Books In Order

Uncle Gobb Books In Order

  1. Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed (2015)
  2. Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads (2017)
  3. Uncle Gobb and the Plot Plot (2018)

Disappearance of Zola Books In Order

  1. The Disappearance of Emile Zola (2017)
  2. Love, Literature and the Dreyfus Case (2017)

Football Tragedy Books In Order

  1. Macbeth United (2020)

Novels

  1. Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots (2016)
  2. Bah! Humbug! (2017)
  3. An Unexpected Twist (2018)

Omnibus

  1. Bananas in My Ears (2011)

Collections

  1. Nasty! (1982)
  2. Michael Rosen’s Horribly Silly Stories (1994)
  3. Off the Wall (1994)
  4. Arabian Frights (1994)
  5. The Best of Michael Rosen (1995)
  6. Short and Silly! (2002)
  7. Bear Hunt Gift Set (2004)
  8. Fantastically Funny Stories (2005)
  9. Big Book of Bad Things (2010)
  10. Alphabetical (2013)

Plays

  1. Backbone (1968)
  2. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (2007)

Picture Books

  1. Once There Was a King Who Promised He Would Never Chop Anyone’s Head Off (1976)
  2. You Can’t Catch Me (1981)
  3. A Cat and Mouse Story (1982)
  4. Don’t Put Mustard in the Custard (1985)
  5. Under the Bed (1986)
  6. Hard Boiled Legs (1987)
  7. Spollyolly-diddlytiddlyitis (1987)
  8. The Horribles (1988)
  9. Silly Stories (1988)
  10. Norma and the Washing Machine (1988)
  11. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (1989)
  12. The Three Little Pigs (1989)
  13. Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1989)
  14. The Oar (1989)
  15. The Tree (1989)
  16. Aladdin (1989)
  17. Cinderella (1989)
  18. The Formula (1989)
  19. Isabel: Shyness (1989)
  20. The Attic (1989)
  21. Little Red Riding Hood (1990)
  22. Snow White (1990)
  23. Freckly Feet and Itchy Knees (1990)
  24. Little Tin Soldier (1990)
  25. Sinbad the Sailor (1990)
  26. Little Rabbit Foo Foo (1990)
  27. Never Mind! (1990)
  28. Who Drew On the Baby’s Head? (1991)
  29. Nuts about Nuts (1993)
  30. Songbird Story (1993)
  31. The First Giraffe (1993)
  32. Moving (1993)
  33. Dad (1994)
  34. Lisa’s Letter (1994)
  35. The Old Woman and the Pumpkin (1994)
  36. Rap with Rosen (1995)
  37. This Is Our House (1996)
  38. Tea in the Sugar Bowl (1997)
  39. Michael Rosen’s Book of Nonsense (1997)
  40. The Man Who Sold His Shadow (1998)
  41. Snore! (1998)
  42. Rover (1999)
  43. Mission Ziffoid (1999)
  44. Smelly Jelly, Smelly Fish (2000)
  45. Even More Nonsense from Michael Rosen (2000)
  46. The Jewish Gladiator (2001)
  47. Two European Tales (2001)
  48. Zoomababy and the Mission to Mars (2001)
  49. Zoomababy to the Rescue (2001)
  50. Zoomabbay At the World Cup (2001)
  51. Zoomababy At the World Cup (2001)
  52. Lovely Old Roly (2002)
  53. Oww! (2003)
  54. Howler (2003)
  55. Alphabet Poem (2004)
  56. Michael Rosen’s Sad Book (2004)
  57. Totally Wonderful Miss Plumberry (2006)
  58. Shoo! (2007)
  59. The Bear in the Cave (2007)
  60. Bear’s Day Out (2007)
  61. Dear Mother Goose (2008)
  62. I’m Number One (2009)
  63. Bear Flies High (2009)
  64. Red Ted and the Lost Things (2009)
  65. Tiny Little Fly (2010)
  66. Dear Fairy Godmother (2011)
  67. Chanukah Lights (2011)
  68. Bob the Bursting Bear (2012)
  69. Blue (2012)
  70. Happy Harry’s Cafe (2012)
  71. Send for a Superhero! (2013)
  72. Wolfman (2014)
  73. The Bus Is for Us (2015)
  74. Monster (2015)
  75. Mad in the Back (2015)
  76. Bilal’s Brilliant Bee (2016)
  77. Chocolate Cake (2017)
  78. I Am Angry (2021)
  79. Sticky McStickstick (2021)
  80. I Am Hungry (2022)

Graphic Novels

  1. The Royal Huddle (1990)

Novellas

  1. Please Write Soon (2022)

Chapter Books

  1. The Bakerloo Flea (1979)
  2. I See a Voice (1981)
  3. Everybody Here (1982)
  4. Hairy Tales and Nursery Crimes (1985)
  5. The Class Two Monster (1989)
  6. The Golem of Old Prague (1990)
  7. Clever Cakes (1991)
  8. Burping Bertha (1993)
  9. Even Stevens F.C. (1995)
  10. Fluff the Farting Fish (2013)
  11. Choosing Crumble (2014)
  12. Don’t Forget Tiggs! (2015)
  13. For the Blessing of the Animals (2016)
  14. Barking for Bagels (2017)
  15. Dread Cat (2017)
  16. Rigatoni the Pasta Cat (2022)

Anthologies edited

  1. Kingfisher Book of Children’s Poetry (1985)
  2. Funny Stories (1988)
  3. A World of Poetry (1991)
  4. Give Me Shelter (1991)
  5. South and North, East and West (1992)
  6. Poems for the Very Young (1993)
  7. A Spider Bought a Bicycle (1995)
  8. The Walker Book of Bear Stories (1995)
  9. Walking the Bridge of Your Nose (1995)
  10. Night-night, Knight (1998)
  11. Classic Poetry (1998)
  12. A Child’s Year of Stories and Poems (2000)
  13. Poems Are Crazy (2001)
  14. Poems Are Noisy (2001)
  15. Poems Are Private (2001)
  16. Poems Are Public (2001)
  17. Poems Are Quiet (2001)
  18. Poems Are Pictures (2001)
  19. The Walker Book of Classic Poetry and Poets (2001)
  20. Ribticklers! (2007)

Non fiction

  1. That’d Be Telling (1986)
  2. Did I Hear You Write? (1989)
  3. Goodies and Daddies (1991)
  4. Treasure Islands 2 (1993)
  5. Just Kids (1995)
  6. A Year with Poetry (1997)
  7. Shakespeare (2001)
  8. Carrying the Elephant (2002)
  9. This Is Not My Nose (2004)
  10. William Shakespeare (2004)
  11. Dickens (2005)
  12. What’s So Special About Dickens? (2007)
  13. What’s So Special About Shakespeare? (2007)
  14. Stop What You’re Doing and Read This! (2011)
  15. Fantastic Mr Dahl (2012)
  16. Good Ideas (2012)
  17. What is Humanism? How do you live without a god? And Other Big Questions for Kids (2015)
  18. The Laugh Out Loud Joke Book (2016)
  19. Who are Refugees and Migrants? What Makes People Leave Their Homes? and Other Big Questions (2016)
  20. What is Poetry? (2016)
  21. What is Right and Wrong? Who Decides? Where Do Values Come From? And Other Big Questions (2018)
  22. How to Make Children Laugh (2018)
  23. What Is Politics? Why Should we Care? And Other Big Questions (2019)
  24. Why do we need art? What do we gain by being creative? And other big questions (2020)

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Michael Rosen Books Overview

Off the Wall

Reveling in verbal wordplay and comic happenstance, children’s poet Michael Rosen, who has demonstrated his sense of humor in his poems and anthologies, shows in this collection of short stories just how well he understands the sensibilities of his preteen audience.

The Best of Michael Rosen

A collection of humorous poems about family and a variety of daily experiences.

Fantastically Funny Stories

Young readers will love this collection of rib tickling tales with hilarious cartoon illustrations on every page. These very short stories feature crazy characters such as a rogue elephant, a nearsighted dentist, and killer germs.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

She starts by swallowing a mere fly, but ends up eating a much bigger animal! Find out what fate awaits the old lady in this playscript by Michael Rosen and Mark Carthew, based on the traditional poem. / Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer scenes that develop reading stamina. / Text type A play based on a traditional poem. / Curriculum links Music: The class orchestra Exploring arrangements.

You Can’t Catch Me

Audio CD, Abbey Home Media Group Ltd

A Cat and Mouse Story

The fierce cat devises a clever plan to catch one mouse each day.

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Have you ever gone on a bear hunt? Come along on this one with a brave young family four children including the baby and their father. They’re not scared. With them you will cross a field of tall, wavy grass ‘Swishy swashy!’, wade through a deep, cold river ‘Splash splosh!’, struggle through swampy mud ‘Squelch squerch!’, find your way through a big, dark forest ‘Stumble trip!’, fight through a whirling snowstorm ‘Hoooo woooo!’, and enter a narrow, gloomy cave. WHAT’S THAT? You’ll soon learn just what to do to escape from a big, furry bear! With tremendous pace, humor, and verve, Michael Rosen has retold a favorite tractional story. The pictures by Helen Oxenbury, one of the most widely loved contemporary artists, are full of masterly characterizations, delightful comedy, and high drama, set in lovely sweeping landscapes. This is a book not to be missed, one to be chanted aloud and acted out, to be enjoyed over and over again. It is a picture book on the grand scale.

Freckly Feet and Itchy Knees

A collection of humorous poems about the parts of the body.

Little Rabbit Foo Foo

He’s wild, he’s wicked, he’s Little Rabbit Foo Foo! The bully boy bunny likes nothing better than to ride through the forest bopping everyone on the head. Wriggly worms, tigers, no one is safe. But here comes the Good Fairy and she is not amused!

This Is Our House

‘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 BOOKGeorge has a house made from a big cardboard box, and he says that no one else at the playground can come in. Not Lindy, because George’s house ‘isn’t for girls,’ nor Freddie, because it ‘isn’t for small people.’ Sophie can’t come in because, George says, ‘This house isn’t for people with glas*ses.’ But when George leaves his house for a moment, everyone piles in, and on his return, George gets a taste of his own medicine. Aided by Bob Graham’s striking illustrations of an urban playground, Michael Rosen tells the tale of a little boy who makes a big discovery that letting everyone into his playhouse is a lot more fun than keeping them out.

Michael Rosen’s Book of Nonsense

In the best tradition of nonsense verse, here are poems to make everyone smile and laugh out loud. Children will delight in unraveling the meanings of the words and in creating their own nonsense verse. Containing all the ingredients of Michael Rosen’s poetry humour, rhyme, repetition and wordplay. Covering all sorts of topics from football to Little Mary Anne who’s made of elastic, to dinosaurs.

Snore!

The animals are fast asleep and all is quiet on the farm…
until Dog starts to Snore! One by one, the other animals try to stop him: the piglets giggle, Sheep says Boo! and Cat even tries to sing. But Dog snores on until morning, when, fresh as a daisy, he wakes up ready for a new day. By then, the other animals are so tired, all they can do is Snore!

Rover

‘Layton’s wildly exuberant illustrations provide the perfect accompaniment to the four legged narrator’s refreshing brand of humour’ ‘The Guardian’. This is a completely topsy turvey view of a world seen from a dog’s eye point of view a very funny story which turns to real drama when the little girl gets lost on the beach and the search is on to find her.

Mission Ziffoid

An exploding spaceship strands a boy on the planet Ziffoid, where he encounters an energetic and playful group of aliens.

Even More Nonsense from Michael Rosen

A collection of rhymes, poems and wordplay from Michael Rosen, in collaboration once again with Clare Mackie and her wonderfully bizarre illustrations.

The Jewish Gladiator

Genre Range for ages 5 11: Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand. Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary. Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2. Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9 11. Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication. Simple integration of as*sessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children’s reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level. Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.

Lovely Old Roly

Old Roly, the cat, is tired he sleeps all day. Mum and Dad and and the kids all know he can’t live much longer, but what happens when he dies? Award winning children’s writer and poet Michael Rosen deals sensitively with the loss of a much loved family pet. Roly dies and is buried, and the children miss him; then a new stray cat appears in search of a home, and gradually finds her place in the household. The new cat, named Sausage, is around nearly all the time but Roly is still there in their hearts, and the children know he will always be with them. A truly touching, and often humorous story from one of Britain’s leading children’s writers.

Oww!

Piggy Piglet is wriggling in his sleep. He wriggles and he jiggles and he rolls on something very prickly. OWW! How can his friends help him to get free? With its barnyard setting and its lively host of friendly and familiar farm animals, this is a perfect first picture book for young ones. Michael Rosen’s hugely successful books include the top selling Going on a Bear Hunt and Snore! Jonathan Langley most recently illustrated My First Dictionary.

Howler

The human world is as confusing as ever for our canine hero. He can’t understand why Trixie is getting bigger and bigger, and Rex is getting more grumpy. Then Trixie comes home with another small human! And nobody seems keen on our hero getting very close to him. But he soon finds consolation with the rather attractive lady dog next door who goes through a rather similar transformation to Trixie! A rambunctious dog’s eye view of the chaos a small baby brings to the house.

Alphabet Poem

You found a placewhere I wasn’t meyou shut your eyesand you could see…
.. an apple all alone,bears being bad,computers cooking cakes,dogs drawing dad. An extraordinary work by two celebrated creators of children’s books, Alphabet Poem is the perfect pairing of the preeminent practitioners of children’s poetry and pictures.

Michael Rosen’s Sad Book

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 me up. Sad things happen to everyone, and sometimes people feel sad for no reason at all. What makes Michael Rosen sad is thinking about his son, Eddie, who died suddenly at the age of eighteen. In this book the author writes about his sadness, how it affects him, and some of the things he does to cope with it like telling himself that everyone has sad stuff not just him and trying every day to do something he can be proud of. Expressively illustrated by the extraordinary Quentin Blake, this is a very personal story that speaks to everyone, from children to parents to grandparents, teachers to grief counselors. Whether or not you have known what it’s like to feel deeply sad, the truth of this book will surely touch you.

Totally Wonderful Miss Plumberry

A small moment makes a big difference to a little girl thanks to a totally wonderful teacher who knows just what to do. Molly can’t wait to share her grandma’s crystal with all her classmates, the special crystal she looks at each night as she falls asleep. Everyone crowds around, eager to see it until Russell runs by with his flashy, water spurting dinosaur. Now Molly’s eyes are filling with tears, and her heart is going thumpity thump, and it’s the most totally horrible day in the whole world. Is there anything Miss Plumberry can do to make things wonderful again?

Shoo!

Crafty Cat has hatched a plan to chase the other animals out of the barn, but will it be a runaway success or farmyard folly? The latest picture book from Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen. It is a very hot day on the farm so all the animals are cooling down in the shady barn. But Cat is still feeling hot and bothered. He doesn’t want to share the barn with the others, so he sneaks up ever so quietly behind Pig and all the Piglets! and suddenly shouts ‘Shoo!‘. And it works! The piggies scamper out of the barn, and so Cat quickly sets about chasing all the other animals away too. But once he’s accomplished his aim, Cat sees that all the other animals are having fun outside whilst he is left all alone in the barn. Maybe his plan wasn’t such a good idea after all!

The Bear in the Cave

A very happy bear hears the sounds of the city from his quiet home by the sea and decides to find out what city life is like. Buying the ticket and travelling on the train is all very exciting. And so is the city! But after a while the bear finds the city a little too noisy and a little too busy and people are beginning to laugh at him. He feels very sad and alone until four children find him and show him the way home, with much fun along the way. This is a perfect book for reading aloud, with just the right amount of excitement before a wonderfully calming ending just right for reading before bedtime!

Bear’s Day Out

Bear usually spends his days singing to himself and wading playfully through the water in his cave by the sea. But then, one day, he hears the noises of the city traveling on the wind, and he decides to give city life a try. At first, the sights and smells are new and exciting. But when the hustle and bustle of the people, the markets, and the traffic all become too much for Bear, it will take a little bit of kindness from some helpful young strangers to get him back home again. Bestselling author Michael Rosen’s rhythmic text and Adrian Reynolds adorable, lively illustrations make this a perfect read aloud for story time.

I’m Number One

How do you deal with a bully? A stellar author illustrator team shows that a touch of playfulness can go a long way.

Little wind up soldier A One is in charge. At least that’s what he tells the other toys: Sally, Maddy, and Sid. When he tells them to turn his key, they do it. When he tells them they re no good, they feel bad. He calls them all kinds of things: no good, hopeless, the worst. Or was that hope use, good no, and less less? Somehow, stringing all those mean words together makes them start to sound, well, silly and even though A One doesn t mean to, he finds himself smiling too. From the incomparable Michael Rosen and Bob Graham comes an insightful, child friendly tale about learning how to be one of the gang.

Bear Flies High

What child doesn t imagine being able to fly? Well, Bear is no different. When he sees seagulls at the beach whirling and diving, he must learn how. Luckily, there are four children who know exactly how to make that happen: Take a trip to an amuseme*nt park and play on all the rides. Swoopy swoopy swoopitty swoop!An exhilarating story that showcases Rosen’s signature lyrical style, Bear Flies High is another perfect read aloud with a familiar and lovable character.

Red Ted and the Lost Things

With bravery, teamwork, and lots of common sense, a forgotten bear finds his way home in this warm, wise, and very funny graphic storybook.

One day, a little bear named Red Ted is accidentally left on the seat of a train. When he winds up on a high shelf in the place for lost things, he doesn t despair he puts his mind to work! With the help of new friends and the use of all their senses including a certain fondness for cheese, Ted and pals are determined to find their way back to the little girl who loves and misses him. Author Michael Rosen and illustrator Joel Stewart offer a sweet graphic storybook about pluck, persistence, and the pure comfort of home.

Chanukah Lights

From a pop up master and an acclaimed poet and author comes a glorious celebration of the true spirit of Chanukah. Open this beautiful gift book and follow the Festival of Lights through place and time from Herod’s temple to a shtetl in Russia; from a refugee ship bound for the New World to an Israeli kibbutz. Inspired by Michael J. Rosen’s reverent poem, Robert Sabuda’s striking pop ups depict each night’s menorah in a different scene, using imagery such as desert tents, pushcart lanterns, olive trees, and a final panorama of skyscrapers. Sure to be a treasured family heirloom, this stunning collaboration showcases the spirit and resilience of a people in search of home.

Hairy Tales and Nursery Crimes

Audio CD, Abbey Home Media Group Ltd

Burping Bertha

Bertha is an exceptional burper. Her burps can knock apples off trees, and send her teacher’s glas*ses flying. When she is asked to perform at the school concert, Bertha s fame is assured. TV, recording, and film offers flood in. But burping can be a dangerous skill…

Kingfisher Book of Children’s Poetry

An anthology of 250 items which include ballads, limericks, riddles, boasts, nonsense verse and a wide range of other poetry from Britain and overseas. The book is intended for use at home or in the classroom. Michael Rosen also compiled ‘Mind Your Own Business’ and ‘Wouldn’t You Like to Know’.

Funny Stories

Laugh till you drop! This is a fantastic collection of thirty nine humorous stories written by some of the best writers for children, from Roald Dahl to Jan Mark, as well as some writers perhaps better known to adult readers, such as Gerald Durrell, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Saki. Gathered from places as far flung as Tunisia and Norway, Ireland and Pakistan, embracing many different strands of humour, and wittily illustrated, this is a great introduction to humorous writing. It is a genuinely rib tickling collection to dip into time and again.

Poems for the Very Young

Humorously illustrated by Greenaway award winner Bob Graham, this collection of more than 100 poems provides an excellent, accessible introduction to poetry, with contributions from many cultures. Skillfully selected by Michael Rosen to catch the ears of young listeners, this collection includes short nonsense verses such as ‘Today I Saw a Little Worm’ and traditional schoolyard rhymes such as ‘Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling’ and ‘Mary Mack,’ as well as works by such poets as Shel Silverstein, Eve Merriam, John Agard, Afua Cooper, and Langston Hughes.

Walking the Bridge of Your Nose

‘Night, night, Knight,’ said one Knight to the other Knight the other night. ‘Night, night, Knight.’ An exuberant anthology of wordplay poetry, rhymes, riddles, tongue twisters, limericks, and other verbal tomfoolery. Michael Rosen’s love and enthusiasm for language is infectious in this delightful, witty collection that’s fun to read and even more fun to recite. From sections of Silly Patter to Nursery Crimes familiar rhymes with a twist, Rosen knows well the humor that appeals to his young readers. Vibrant illustrations add a touch of visual wit as well.

Classic Poetry

‘Few anthologies for this age group include such a fi ne 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 award winning author Michael Rosen, presents a glorious selection of Classic Poetry, chronologically arranged from the seventeenth century to modern day poems by such celebrated poets as William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Carl Sandburg, and Langston Hughes complete with biographical sketches of the poets, information on individual poems, and notes on poetic forms. Paul Howard’s full color illustrations illuminate some of the most brilliant poems of the English speaking world with stunning breadth and beauty. A book to be treasured, Classic Poetry belongs on every shelf every child should know these poems and keep this book with them as they grow.

The Walker Book of Classic Poetry and Poets

A sumptuously illustrated and acclaimed collection of some of the best known and best loved poems written in the English language. Here are over eighty of the most memorable poems written in the English language. The poets represented range from William Shakespeare to Carl Sandburg, Edward Lear to Emily Dickinson, Banjo Paterson to W. B. Yeats. With lively biographical sketches and fascinating notes this is indeed a classic collection.

Ribticklers!

From a rajah with big ears to an orphan with enormous feet, all sorts of hilarious characters populate the pages of this humorous anthology. Michael Rosen has selected thirty nine zany tales from around the
world. With stories by a stellar ensemble of classic and contemporary writers such as Roald Dahl, Margaret Mahy, and James Thurber, this hilarious introduction to the finest in comic writing will make readers laugh until their sides ache!

Just Kids

Here, Michael Rosen follows up his practical and humorous ‘Goodies and Daddies’ with a book for parents of children just out of nappies and not yet teenagers. As a parent of five children, he fills out the book with details that are instantly recognizable, not to say painful, to other parents.

Shakespeare

The Bard’s enduring genius is both explained and explored for young readers a perfect companion for both students and teachers of Shakespeare. Tongue tied. Dull as dishwater. Without rhyme or reason. Leapfrog. Excellent. Gloomy. These words and phrases, so much a part of our daily language, were coined by William Shakespeare more than four hundred years ago. In what other ways has Shakespeare shaped and influenced our words and culture? Find out with Michael Rosen s fascinating exploration of the enduring genius of the greatest playwright in the English language, Shakespeare: HIS WORK AND HIS WORLD. Learn what theatre was like when Shakespeare created and acted in his plays. With dramatic illustrations by Robert Ingpen, the fluid text is sprinkled with Shakespearean quotations to re create the Bard s world of kings and queens, fairies and potions, and bloody beheadings. This sweeping account is a biography, a history, and a retelling of some of Shakespeare s most famous plays all in one approachable volume.

Dickens

What the Dickens is all the fuss? Take a lively look at an author whose indelible characters live on in our language and culture and whose legacy shapes our literature to this day.

Join award winning author, critic, and anthologist Michael Rosen for a spirited tour of the life and work of one of our greatest novelists. With stunning illustrations by Robert Ingpen, this accessible, child friendly book vividly re creates the world of Charles Dickens, from the author’s childhood in London to his early career, his performances, and, of course, the great social and political upheavals of the time, which inspired so much of his work. Michael Rosen’s vibrant discussion covers some of the best known novels by Dickens, describing OLIVER TWIST, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and DAVID COPPERFIELD, and providing a fascinating detailed analysis of GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

What’s So Special About Shakespeare?

So what was it like to live in Shakespeare’s time? What do we actually know about him? And how does someone become that famous? These are just a few of the questions addressed in this lively and accessible book on the life and works of William Shakespeare by award winning author, Michael Rosen. Ideal for browsing, the text is divided into clear sections and includes studies of four of Shakespeare’s plays, intriguing facts and information about Shakespeare himself and the world at this time, accompanied by a useful time line.

Stop What You’re Doing and Read This!

In Vintage’s 21st anniversary year, this book is a mission statement about the paramount importance of reading to our quality of life. In any 24 hours there might be sleeping, eating, kids, parents, friends, lovers, work, school, travel, deadlines, emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, the news, the TV, Playstation, music, movies, sport, responsibilities, passions, desires, dreams. Why should you stop what you’re doing and read a book? But people have always needed stories. We need literature novels, poetry because we need to make sense of our lives, test our depths, understand our joys, and discover what humans are capable of. Great books can provide companionship when we are lonely or peacefulness in the midst of the commuter rush. Reading provides a unique kind of pleasure and no one should live without it. The ten essays in this book tell us about the experience of reading, why access to books should never be taken forgranted, how reading transforms our brains, and how literature can save lives. In any 24 hours there are so many demands on your time and attention make books one of them.

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