Michael Rosen is a broadcaster, children’s novelist and poet and the author of 140 books. Educationalist Morag Styles has described him as ‘one of the most significant figures in contemporary children’s poetry’.
After graduating from Wadham College, Oxford in 1969, Michael became a graduate trainee at the BBC. Among the work that he did while there was presenting a series on BBC Schools television called WALRUS (Write And Learn, Read, Understand, Speak). He was also scriptwriter on the children’s reading series Sam on Boff’s Island.
In 1974 he published his first book of poetry, Mind Your Own Business. In due course, he established himself with his collections of humorous verse for children, including Wouldn’t You Like to Know, You Tell Me and Quick Let’s Get Out of Here.
He is also well established as a broadcaster, presenting a range of documentary features on British radio. He is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s regular magazine programme Word of Mouth, which looks at the different ways that the English language is used.
Michael was appointed as the fifth Children’s Laureate in June 2007, succeeding Jacqueline Wilson, and held this honour till 9 June 2009, being succeeded by Anthony Browne. He is currently Visiting Professor of Children’s Literature at Birkbeck, University of London where he teaches Children’s Literature and is currently devising an MA in Children’s Literature due to commence in October 2010.
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