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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 34m

We now have 195,000 children (via their schools) signed up for this:

Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 2d

On the title page, it says 'Retold by Michael Rosen'. I have spent many, many hours explaining on radio, TV, on my blog and elsehwhere that it's a re-telling.

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Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social · 4d

Tickets are going fast for this amazing day of deep dives into history in a #kidlituk context with star speakers including @balirai.bsky.social @catherinejohnson.bsky.social and THE @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social !!
@ibbyuk.bsky.social #whosehistory

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Sleeping Giants FR @slpng-giants-fr.bsky.social · 23d

Nombre de fois que j'ai chanté "Nous allons à la chasse à l'ours".....
100 ?
1000 ?
Merci, ça va tourner dans ma tête pendant plusieurs jours maintenant.😄

Livre de Michael Rosen et Helen Oxenbury "La chasse à l'ours"

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 22d

Victorians topic books for children with fiction and nonfiction by E.L Norry, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, Catherine Bruton, Philip Pullman, Berlie Doherty, Terry Deary, Lindsay Galvin, Kieran Larwood & more. 🧸🎞🔭🖋 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/victo... #teachertwitter #kidlit

Victorians topic books

Victorians topic books for children by E.L Norry, Michael Rosen, Catherine Bruton, Berlie Doherty, Lindsay Galvin, Kieran Larwood & more.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 22d

I’m trying to find ways to stay optimistic at the moment. This new Michael Rosen book is a lovely collection of ideas and thoughts which I enjoyed very much - Good Days: An A-Z of Hope and Happiness

Good Days: An A-Z of Hope and Happiness by Michael Rosen

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 22d

Getting Better, a previous Michael Rosen book is also excellent. It deals with some really difficult topics around loss and living with long-term illness, but it’s ultimately very hopeful about what it means to keep going

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 22d

Winter-themed books for children, including titles by Chitra Soundar, Walter De la Mare, Dawn Casey, i-Spy, Abi Elphinstone, Sam Usher, Sue Hendra, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen and more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/winte... #teachersofx #kidlit

Winter topic books

Winter themed books for children with titles by Chitra Soundar, Dawn Casey, i-Spy, Michael Morpurgo, Melissa Albert and Michael Rosen.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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English and Creative Writing Goldsmiths University @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social · 21d

Philip Pullman in conversation with Michael Rosen! The dream team @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social on the 31st October.

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-rose-f...

The Rose Field

The Rose Field - Philip Pullman in conversation with Michael Rosen

www.eventbrite.com

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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 21d

One of Tony Robinson's first jobs was interacting with the Michael Rosen written, sometimes Miriam Margolyes voiced beings of Sam On Boffs' Island, starting today in 1972 within Words And Pictures.

Sam on Boffs Island - BBC, 1972

An early TV role for Tony Robinson, playing Sam Samson in the learn-to-read series Words and Pictures. The animated sequences were done by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin.

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EmpathyLabUK @empathylabuk.bsky.social · 20d

Countdown to Michael Rosen Day 2025!
From giggles to goosebumps, his stories spark joy, creativity & empathy.
This Nov, he joins us at the Raising Generation Empathy Conference on how stories power empathy through reading.

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 20d

Refugees and migration books for children and teens, featuring books by Erika Meza, Na’ima B. Robert, Brian Bilston, Eoin Colfer, Onjali Q. Raúf, Sita Brahmachari, Armin Greder, Michael Rosen, Ele Fountain and Malcolm Duffy. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/refug... #teachertwitter #kidlit

Refugees and migration books for children and teens

Refugees and migration books for children and teens including titles by Onjali Q. Raúf, Sita Brahmachari, Michael Rosen & Malcolm Duffy.

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Theatremonkey @theatremonkey1.bsky.social · 19d

MICHAEL ROSEN - GETTING THROUGH IT: Powerful and personal double bill of monologue and poetry that delves deep into the themes of trauma, grief and mortality. UK Tour. London show: Old Vic Theatre, SE1. 19 Oct 25. Tickets £15 - £45 at www.oldvictheatre.com/stage/gettin...

Getting Through It - Old Vic Theatre

www.oldvictheatre.com

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 19d

🏖️ Seaside books for children 🌊 With titles by Michael Rosen, Mairi Hedderwick, Shirley Hughes, Atinuke, Richard Pickard, Michael Morpurgo, Lauren St John, Liz Kessler & more. With links to resources and activities. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/seasi... #teachersofx

Seaside books for children

Stories about the seaside including titles by Michael Rosen, Mairi Hedderwick, Sam Usher, Atinuke, Michael Morpurgo and Liz Kessler.

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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 18d

NEW DATES! Child Bereavement UK has partnered with Getting Through It, a powerful, one-person show by Michael Rosen
Tour dates & booking information 👉
childbereavementuk.org/michael-rosen-show
🟡Halifax, 26 November
🟡Oxford, 9 January
🟡Edinburgh, 29 January
🟡Mold, 8 February
🟡Liverpool, 22 April

Child Bereavement UK partners with Michael Rosen's 'extraordinary' one-person show Getting Through It

Child Bereavement UK has partnered with Getting Through It, a powerful, new one-person show by poet and author Michael Rosen.

childbereavementuk.org

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Sondra Eklund @sonderbooks.com · 18d

Oh Dear, Look What I Got! is a new picture book storytime classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury.

Read my review:
www.sonderbooks.com/Picture_Book...

Cover of Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Picture shows a kid wearing a hat and carrying a bag follwed by a bear and a parrot and the bear is pulling a wagon with a cat, a goat, and a snake.

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 18d

Politics books for children and teens With titles by Michael Rosen, Alastair Campbell, Kamala Harris, Amanda Li, Tim Marshall, Malala Yousafzai, George Orwell, Axie Oh & more. With links to resources and activities. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/polit... #teachersofx

Politics books for children and teens

Politics books for children and teens including titles by Michael Rosen, Alastair Campbell, Kamala Harris, Malala Yousafzai & Axie Oh.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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City of Magpies @cityofmagpies.bsky.social · 18d

📆31 Oct 2025, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
🗺️LONDON - Ian Gulland LT, Whitehead Building
Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen in conversation about storytelling and The Rose Field.
Tickets: £20

More: www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

The Rose Field with Philip Pullman

Join Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen in conversation about storytelling and The Rose Field.

www.gold.ac.uk

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Tealin @twirlynoodle.com · 17d

Michael Rosen being politely aghast at the manosphere as explained to him by a sweet northern lady sociolinguist is definitely my #PickOfTheWeek

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SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 📎 @clairecopperman.bsky.social · 17d

My current tbr pile.
I'm halfway through @johnharris1969.bsky.social's Maybe I'm Amazed, and absolutely loving it. Trying to alternate fiction and non-fiction atm, as I read far too little of the latter.
#Booksky

A pile of books:
Maybe I'm Amazed - John Harris
Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett
Ring the Hill - Tom Cox
Good Days - Michael Rosen
Hag-Seed - Margaret Atwood
An Immense World - Ed Yong

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 17d

Grief and loss books for children, including titles by Britta Teckentrup, Samuel Langley-Swain, Judith Kerr, Harry Woodgate, Laura Dockrill, Oliver Jeffers, Kereen Getten, Michael Rosen and Joseph Coelho. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/grief... #teachersofX #kidlit

Grief and loss books for children

Grief and loss books for children and teens with titles by Laura Dockrill, Oliver Jeffers, Kereen Getten, Michael Rosen & Joseph Coelho.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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Philip Curnow @philipcurnow.bsky.social · 16d

How many dictionaries do you own? Even Michael Rosen still uses them. He also admits he had never heard of the old Scots word 'focle' meaning to carry a burning thing on a stick. Of course 'focola' in ltalian is just that. And seen on a stick in many Italian villages every 15 January. 🎇

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 16d

www.walker.co.uk/michael-rose...

It's the second annual Michael Rosen Day on Thursday, 13 November! Join a HUGE Funny Food-themed poetry party to spark a love of poetry & creativity and celebrate one of the nation's favourite poets & authors. Register now for free resources.

#MichaelRos

Michael Rosen Day - Walker Books

Celebrate Michael Rosen Day Thursday 13 November 2025 We’re throwing a HUGE Poetry Party on Thursday 13 November to celebrate Michael Rosen, one of the UK’s most beloved children’s authors... READ...

www.walker.co.uk

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Royal & Derngate, Northampton @royalderngate.bsky.social · 14d

COMING SOON: Michael Rosen: Getting Through It

Poetry legend Michael Rosen presents his new one-person show Getting Through It, formed of a double-bill of monologues: The Death of Eddie and Many Kinds of Love.

Thu 6 November 7.30pm | Royal
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/mic...

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 14d

Biographies and autobiographies for children featuring books by Mick Manning, Brita Granström, Michael Rosen, Vashti Harrison, Floella Benjamin, John Agard, Alastair Humphreys, Malala Yousafzai, David Long & William Grill schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/biogr... #teachertwitter #kidlit

Biographies and autobiographies for children and teens

Biographies and autobiographies for children with titles by Mick Manning, Brita Granström, Michael Rosen, Vashti Harrison & Floella Benjamin.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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