A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young

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by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Chris Riddell

Interest age: 2 to 5

Published by Walker Books, 2015

Poetry and rhyme

About this book

A collection of beautifully illustrated new poems for toddlers, preschoolers, and anyone who loves having fun with words, A Great Big Cuddle documents the problems and pleasures of being very young.

This joyous, high energy and high quality hardback celebrates the talents of two Children’s Laureates, Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell, who demonstrate that poetry and illustration is for everyone, even small children.

About the author

Michael Rosen is one of Britain’s best loved writers and performance poets for children and adults. His first degree in English Literature and Language was from Wadham College, Oxford and he went on to study for an MA at the University of Reading and a PhD at the former University of North London, now London Metropolitan.

He is currently Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London where he co-devised and teaches critical approaches to reading on an MA in Children’s Literature, having done the same at Birkbeck, University of London. He has taught on MA courses in universities since 1994.

He was the Children’s Laureate from 2007 to 2009 and has published over 200 books for children and adults, including the recent bestseller Many Different Kinds of Love and On The Move.

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