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Even My Ears Are Smiling

by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Babette Cole

Interest age: 5+
Reading age: 8+

Published by Bloomsbury, 2011

  • Funny
  • Poetry and rhyme

About this book

A collection of classic poetry by celebrated children’s poet Michael Rosen featuring favourites such as ‘Nursery Rhymes and Hairy Crimes’, ‘I don’t like custard’ and ‘Knees’. The selection of fun-filled verse is accompanied by an audio CD of Rosen performing each and every poem.

Colourful and brimming with personality, Rosen’s style and is wonderfully matched with Babette Cole’s distinctive drawings. Full of short poems that crackle with fun, rhythm and word-play, this collection is a great way to introduce young children to the joys of poetry.

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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