Michael Rosen
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Emily Corbett writes:
"A permanent Lecturer position in Children's Lit and Creative Ed is available at Goldsmiths Univ of London. Please consider applying and/or sharing with others. As the Head of the MA Children's Literature, I'll be working closely with the successful applicant! Deadline: 4 Dec."
"A permanent Lecturer position in Children's Lit and Creative Ed is available at Goldsmiths Univ of London. Please consider applying and/or sharing with others. As the Head of the MA Children's Literature, I'll be working closely with the successful applicant! Deadline: 4 Dec."
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Emily Corbett writes:
"A permanent Lecturer position in Children's Lit and Creative Ed is available at Goldsmiths Univ of London. Please consider applying and/or sharing with others. As the Head of the MA Children's Literature, I'll be working closely with the successful applicant! Deadline: 4 Dec."
"A permanent Lecturer position in Children's Lit and Creative Ed is available at Goldsmiths Univ of London. Please consider applying and/or sharing with others. As the Head of the MA Children's Literature, I'll be working closely with the successful applicant! Deadline: 4 Dec."
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Wow, we've just passed 157 million views for my son's and my YouTube Channel.
856K subscribers
575 videos
157,024,254 views
Wow, we've just passed 157 million views for my son's and my YouTube Channel.
856K subscribers
575 videos
157,024,254 views
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Official Michael Rosen Channel
Every video and playlist here is approved by Michael himself.
If it’s on this channel, it’s the real deal and safe for children.
You may see “YTP” or “poop” remixes on...
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November 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Wow, we've just passed 157 million views for my son's and my YouTube Channel.
856K subscribers
575 videos
157,024,254 views
Wow, we've just passed 157 million views for my son's and my YouTube Channel.
856K subscribers
575 videos
157,024,254 views
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Next stop of my tour of my one-man show 'Getting Through It' is the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, November 26.
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Next stop of my tour of my one-man show 'Getting Through It' is the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, November 26.
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I missed posting this earlier this week on this year’s #MichaelRosenDay The Sad Book means everything to me. This poem is my own story. I think Quentin Blake is a genius to catch this image so perfectly. Thank you for your exquisite words @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social #defeatmeningitis
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I missed posting this earlier this week on this year’s #MichaelRosenDay The Sad Book means everything to me. This poem is my own story. I think Quentin Blake is a genius to catch this image so perfectly. Thank you for your exquisite words @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social #defeatmeningitis
Next stop of my tour of my one-man show 'Getting Through It' is the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, November 26.
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Next stop of my tour of my one-man show 'Getting Through It' is the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, November 26.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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"Come on! Let's do it! Let's celebrate poetry!"
Two days to go until Michael Rosen Day!
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#MichaelRosenDay @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Two days to go until Michael Rosen Day!
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#MichaelRosenDay @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"Come on! Let's do it! Let's celebrate poetry!"
Two days to go until Michael Rosen Day!
www.walker.co.uk/michael-rose...
#MichaelRosenDay @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Two days to go until Michael Rosen Day!
www.walker.co.uk/michael-rose...
#MichaelRosenDay @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
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Here's a great book to bring a bit of poetry into your science lessons. Centrally Heated Knickers by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
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#edusky #eduskyprimary
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#edusky #eduskyprimary
Centrally Heated Knickers: Combine Science and Poetry
YouTube video by Danny Nicholson : Think Bank Education
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November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Here's a great book to bring a bit of poetry into your science lessons. Centrally Heated Knickers by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
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#edusky #eduskyprimary
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#edusky #eduskyprimary
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Brilliant books about bears!
🧸 Abdullah's Bear Needs a Name by Yasmin Hanif & @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social
🧸 We're Gangin on a Bear Hunt - a Scots version of @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social classic!
🧸 The Island and the Bear by Louise Greig - based on the true story of a bear on a Hebridean island...
🧸 Abdullah's Bear Needs a Name by Yasmin Hanif & @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social
🧸 We're Gangin on a Bear Hunt - a Scots version of @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social classic!
🧸 The Island and the Bear by Louise Greig - based on the true story of a bear on a Hebridean island...
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Brilliant books about bears!
🧸 Abdullah's Bear Needs a Name by Yasmin Hanif & @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social
🧸 We're Gangin on a Bear Hunt - a Scots version of @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social classic!
🧸 The Island and the Bear by Louise Greig - based on the true story of a bear on a Hebridean island...
🧸 Abdullah's Bear Needs a Name by Yasmin Hanif & @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social
🧸 We're Gangin on a Bear Hunt - a Scots version of @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social classic!
🧸 The Island and the Bear by Louise Greig - based on the true story of a bear on a Hebridean island...
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PRICE DROP!!
From today The Arsenal Invincible Alphabet book from myself & @ruthbeckart.bsky.social
with a foreword by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
will be £14.99.
The perfect Xmas gift to pass on your Arsenal passion is already delighting kids 🥰
Buy now: legendspublishing.net/product/a-z/
From today The Arsenal Invincible Alphabet book from myself & @ruthbeckart.bsky.social
with a foreword by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
will be £14.99.
The perfect Xmas gift to pass on your Arsenal passion is already delighting kids 🥰
Buy now: legendspublishing.net/product/a-z/
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
PRICE DROP!!
From today The Arsenal Invincible Alphabet book from myself & @ruthbeckart.bsky.social
with a foreword by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
will be £14.99.
The perfect Xmas gift to pass on your Arsenal passion is already delighting kids 🥰
Buy now: legendspublishing.net/product/a-z/
From today The Arsenal Invincible Alphabet book from myself & @ruthbeckart.bsky.social
with a foreword by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
will be £14.99.
The perfect Xmas gift to pass on your Arsenal passion is already delighting kids 🥰
Buy now: legendspublishing.net/product/a-z/
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Happy Michael Rosen Day to all who celebrate! 🎉
You can watch the incredible @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social in action on Authors Live as if it were an event in your very own home or school via the BBC.
#MichaelRosenDay #KidLit
You can watch the incredible @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social in action on Authors Live as if it were an event in your very own home or school via the BBC.
#MichaelRosenDay #KidLit
Michael Rosen
Ten years after being the very first Authors Live guest, poet Michael Rosen returns to help celebrate Authors Live’s 10th birthday. With Michael for this special programme will be comic artist Tanya R...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy Michael Rosen Day to all who celebrate! 🎉
You can watch the incredible @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social in action on Authors Live as if it were an event in your very own home or school via the BBC.
#MichaelRosenDay #KidLit
You can watch the incredible @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social in action on Authors Live as if it were an event in your very own home or school via the BBC.
#MichaelRosenDay #KidLit
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Neal Layton depicting the young Michael Rosen for the pb of Rosen‘s Hot Food Nice! which Walker Books published on 6 Nov. 13 Nov is Michael Rosen Day with 266,000+ children signed up to watch his livestreamed event. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Neal Layton depicting the young Michael Rosen for the pb of Rosen‘s Hot Food Nice! which Walker Books published on 6 Nov. 13 Nov is Michael Rosen Day with 266,000+ children signed up to watch his livestreamed event. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
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It's #MichaelRosenDay 🎉 A big poetry party for all with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social. Join in: bit.ly/4qYrOFK
On our 10th birthday, for Book Clubs in Schools Day, Michael visited one of our schools. The whole-school rendition of "The Rhythm of Life" was wondrous!
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
On our 10th birthday, for Book Clubs in Schools Day, Michael visited one of our schools. The whole-school rendition of "The Rhythm of Life" was wondrous!
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It's #MichaelRosenDay 🎉 A big poetry party for all with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social. Join in: bit.ly/4qYrOFK
On our 10th birthday, for Book Clubs in Schools Day, Michael visited one of our schools. The whole-school rendition of "The Rhythm of Life" was wondrous!
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
On our 10th birthday, for Book Clubs in Schools Day, Michael visited one of our schools. The whole-school rendition of "The Rhythm of Life" was wondrous!
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
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Hooray! It's #MichaelRosenDay! What a beautiful day!
Head over to his website right now for a FREE event and loads of your other favourite poems, videos and resources michaelrosen.co.uk #funnyfood
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Head over to his website right now for a FREE event and loads of your other favourite poems, videos and resources michaelrosen.co.uk #funnyfood
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hooray! It's #MichaelRosenDay! What a beautiful day!
Head over to his website right now for a FREE event and loads of your other favourite poems, videos and resources michaelrosen.co.uk #funnyfood
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Head over to his website right now for a FREE event and loads of your other favourite poems, videos and resources michaelrosen.co.uk #funnyfood
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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🎂 Happy Michael Rosen Day! 🥳
🧸 The Learning with Parents teddies are celebrating with chocolate cake at their teddy bears' picnic this morning! 😁
#MichaelRosen #MichaelRosenDay #Poetry #PoetryForPleasure
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
🧸 The Learning with Parents teddies are celebrating with chocolate cake at their teddy bears' picnic this morning! 😁
#MichaelRosen #MichaelRosenDay #Poetry #PoetryForPleasure
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🎂 Happy Michael Rosen Day! 🥳
🧸 The Learning with Parents teddies are celebrating with chocolate cake at their teddy bears' picnic this morning! 😁
#MichaelRosen #MichaelRosenDay #Poetry #PoetryForPleasure
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
🧸 The Learning with Parents teddies are celebrating with chocolate cake at their teddy bears' picnic this morning! 😁
#MichaelRosen #MichaelRosenDay #Poetry #PoetryForPleasure
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
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It’s Michael Rosen Day @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social! 🎉
This year’s theme? FUNNY FOOD!🍩🥦
Schools, libraries, bookshops, families – everyone’s invited to join in and make poetry fun and full of flavour.
Discover more and get involved: www.walker.co.uk/michael-rose...
This year’s theme? FUNNY FOOD!🍩🥦
Schools, libraries, bookshops, families – everyone’s invited to join in and make poetry fun and full of flavour.
Discover more and get involved: www.walker.co.uk/michael-rose...
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 MOR...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It’s Michael Rosen Day @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social! 🎉
This year’s theme? FUNNY FOOD!🍩🥦
Schools, libraries, bookshops, families – everyone’s invited to join in and make poetry fun and full of flavour.
Discover more and get involved: www.walker.co.uk/michael-rose...
This year’s theme? FUNNY FOOD!🍩🥦
Schools, libraries, bookshops, families – everyone’s invited to join in and make poetry fun and full of flavour.
Discover more and get involved: www.walker.co.uk/michael-rose...
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If I get home by February I'd love to come.
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If I get home by February I'd love to come.
Wow, I missed that our book 'One Day' has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration because of Benjamin Phillips's wonderful artwork.
@CarnegieMedals
@benjamindraws
@CarnegieMedals
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November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wow, I missed that our book 'One Day' has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration because of Benjamin Phillips's wonderful artwork.
@CarnegieMedals
@benjamindraws
@CarnegieMedals
@benjamindraws
Over at my YouTube Channel there are 11 poetry workshops, ideal for teachers teaching poetry. In toto, they've had 336,000 views. Looks like some people are finding them useful!
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Official Michael Rosen Channel
Every video and playlist here is approved by Michael himself.
If it’s on this channel, it’s the real deal and safe for children.
You may see “YTP” or “poop” remixes on...
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Over at my YouTube Channel there are 11 poetry workshops, ideal for teachers teaching poetry. In toto, they've had 336,000 views. Looks like some people are finding them useful!
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
You want some Christmas fun, poems and stories for your children? Then come to my show at the Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo, London on Dec 20
It's early! 9.30 am, but nearly sold out.
It's early! 9.30 am, but nearly sold out.
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You want some Christmas fun, poems and stories for your children? Then come to my show at the Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo, London on Dec 20
It's early! 9.30 am, but nearly sold out.
It's early! 9.30 am, but nearly sold out.
I have written 4 books that this video is based on: 'The Missing', 'On the Move', 'One Day' (all 3 Walker Books) ) and 'Please Write Soon' (Scholastic).
This is vid for home or school that tells the story of how a London suburban child/teen/man (me) found out what happened to my Jewish relatives during WW2 and the Holocaust. Suitable for KS2 and older.
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The Missing | Kids Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen
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November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I have written 4 books that this video is based on: 'The Missing', 'On the Move', 'One Day' (all 3 Walker Books) ) and 'Please Write Soon' (Scholastic).
This is vid for home or school that tells the story of how a London suburban child/teen/man (me) found out what happened to my Jewish relatives during WW2 and the Holocaust. Suitable for KS2 and older.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iR_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iR_...
The Missing | Kids Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen
YouTube video by Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
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November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is vid for home or school that tells the story of how a London suburban child/teen/man (me) found out what happened to my Jewish relatives during WW2 and the Holocaust. Suitable for KS2 and older.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iR_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iR_...