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.

Sunday, 24 November 2019

Stories: why it's important to ask questions that don't have right/wrong answers

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In the book, 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak, there's a moment where the main character, Max, wants to be 'whe...
Saturday, 23 November 2019

How do we find out what a book means?

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Language is symbolic just as symbols in paintings are. We have invented 'signs' (specific sounds and shapes on a page) to indicate m...
Tuesday, 19 November 2019

The Value of Arts-based Learning

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[This article was written for a brochure ‘10 Years, Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning’ published in November 2019) (In this articl...
Friday, 25 October 2019

3. Alice in Wonderland - The Ditch

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'I would like to see these scribes,' Alice said to Mr Comings-and-Goings, 'where are they?' 'I sent them to the House,...
Thursday, 24 October 2019

Reflections on difference between Johnson and Corbyn in PMQs,

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Johnson displays all the mannerisms of someone who had a lot of space and time to learn a particular way of performing . He extends sentence...
Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Alice in Wonderland at Number 10 - the Sauce

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2. In fact, Alice changed her mind, and before leaving found herself alone in the room with the ever-furious Mr Comings-and-Goings. Her ey...

Alice in Wonderland visits Number 10

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Alice walked on. In front of her was a door with a number on it: 10. She knocked and  an invisible man pulled the door open. The moment sh...
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