Michael Rosen

A place where I'll post up some thoughts and ideas - especially on literature in education, children's literature in general, poetry, reading, writing, teaching and thoughts on current affairs.

Friday, 31 August 2018

More Parking?

A text came through on my phone telling me that my car was coming to the end of its parking time and did I want to extend the time it was pa...

Grandmother

I'm not American. One day my grandmother packed her bags in America gathered up her children: got on a boat and came t...

My Mum and the Flower

My Mum and the Flower My dad said that my mum had some secrets. ‘One time’, he said, ‘when she was a girl at school they said...

My Dad and his Uncle Sam When my dad was a boy he shared a bedroom with his Uncle Sam. He didn’t talk to his Uncle Sam ‘Why not?’ I said. ‘B...

Monday, 27 August 2018

Mr Mensh Books

Mr Mensh Books I’m not sure that the estate of Roger Hargreaves would give permission but sometimes I lie in bed imagining a special series ...

Sunday, 26 August 2018

1955: The Lone Ranger

When I was a kid, we had no TV. Just imagine that: no TV! How did we live?! Then one day the TV arrived. Two guys brought it in. It was huge...

Fossils and my brother

My brother works at the Natural History Museum in London. He’s a fossil. No - sorry, I got that wrong. He looks after the fossils. Looks aft...

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