In April 2011, Rosen was awarded an honorary doctorate at the Institute of Education, University of London, [62] and in July 2011, an honorary doctorate by the University of the West of England. [63] Rosen was selected to be the guest director of the 2013 Brighton Festival. [64] Rosen's poetry is known for its accessibility and humor, often drawing inspiration from his own experiences and observations of everyday life. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature and the National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year. a b c d "Michael Rosen interview". WriteWords Writers' Community. February 2004. Archived from the original on 2 April 2004 . Retrieved 17 January 2015. The programmes can be used in a variety of ways. You can listen to them in their entirety or listen to and focus on one poem at a time. Students can read the text of the poem before, during or after listening to the recording and there are suggestions in these notes for pre-, during-, and post- listening activities. Using the images:

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Desert Island Discs: Michael Rosen". BBC Radio 4. 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008 . Retrieved 14 December 2007.The Trusty Servant May 2022". Winchester College Society. 1 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023 . Retrieved 26 March 2023. a b Armitstead, Claire (8 September 2017). "Michael Rosen: 'Realising that poetry was performance was my eureka moment' ". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021 . Retrieved 11 May 2019.

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Sprenger, Richard (10 April 2014). "We're Going on a Bear Hunt: 'The editors were so excited they were nearly weeping' – video". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016 . Retrieved 25 December 2016. Michael Rosen – NTU Honorary Graduate – 22nd July 2010". YouTube . Retrieved 27 November 2012. [ dead YouTube link] In 1993, Rosen gained an MA in Children's Literature from the University of Reading and subsequently gained a PhD from the University of North London. [17] [18] Margaret Meek Spencer supervised his work and continued to support him throughout her life. [19] Rosen recording his poem "The Listening Lions" in 2014 In the end, Joe finished school at 16. When he left I asked him why he didn’t enjoy it and he replied: “It wasn’t funny.” I said: “Well, it’s not meant to be funny, Joey, the teachers are not comedians.” And he said: “The first bit at home with you was funny, you were doing jokes. Then I went to school and it wasn’t funny.” I feel both proud to have made him happy, but sad that school was a disappointment. That I made some of his life good and at the same time a bit sad. Richmond, John (4 August 2008). "Harold Rosen [obituary]". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017 . Retrieved 12 December 2016.The final two programmes focus on classic poetry and include a selection of well-known poems often taught at Key Stage 2. These poems are read by the actors Maxine Peake and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Using the audio In addition to his writing, Rosen has worked extensively as a broadcaster, presenting programs for BBC Radio and TV. He is perhaps best known for his work as a presenter of the BBC's "Word of Mouth" program, which explores the English language and its usage.

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Prolific children's writer, Michael Rosen, was born in Middlesex in 1946 and studied English Language and Literature at Oxford University. Rosen, Michael (2016). "These are the Hands by Michael Rosen". Scottish Poetry Library. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021 . Retrieved 21 November 2021.Rosen says both books are a direct result of his brush with death. “After having Covid, I was in a state of reverie for at least three months. Forty days of having drugs put in you, plus Covid, will do that. In that reverie my mind was darting to and fro, thinking about Eddie, my mum, my dad and whether I would ever work again. In my mind, it sort of brought it all together.” Perring, Christian (15 May 2005). "Michael Rosen's Sad Book". Metapsychology. 9 (19). Archived from the original on 13 March 2007 . Retrieved 30 June 2007. Sometime around the age of twelve and thirteen I began to get a sense that I liked writing, liked trying out different kinds of writing, I tried writing satirical poems about people I knew.