Best Selling Books by Michael Rosen

A rousing biography from Michael J. Rosen and Matt Tavares reveals how Benjamin Franklin’s boyhood shaped his amazingly multifaceted life. Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father won’t hear of it. The other trades he tries — candle maker, joiner, boot closer, turner — bore him through and through. Curious and inventive, Ben prefers to read, swim, fly his kite, and fly his kite while swimming. But each time he fails to find a profession, he takes some important bit of knowledge with him. That tendency is exactly what leads him to become the astonishingly versatile genius we remember today. Inspired by The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Michael J. Rosen’s wry tale captures Ben’s spirit in evocative yet playful language, while illustrations by Matt Tavares follow Ben from the workbench to the water in vivid detail. A love story to the value of variety, A Ben of All Trades sheds light on an unconventional path to greatness and humanizes a towering figure in American history.

Join in all the fun of the bear hunt with this fabulous activity book, based on the classic picture book by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. For over 25 years, readers have chanted along with this award-winning favourite. Join in the fun with this jam-packed book full of puzzles, colouring and craft activities! Little ones will be absorbed for hours with this book filled with engaging activities. Mazes, picture puzzles, baking, craft and more make this a perfect book to take on holiday or fill rainy days. You can even make binoculars and build your own bear cave! Helen Oxenbury''s beautiful illustrations are as enchanting here as in the beloved original, and Michael Rosen''s brilliantly rhythmic words provide the inspiration for every exciting activity.

A glorious sequel to the bestselling picture book The Big Dreaming, from beloved author and poet Michael Rosen and award-winning illustrator Daniel Egnéus

Standard print edition originally published 1989 by Walker Books Ltd.

From beloved British author and poet Michael Rosen and award-winning illustrator Daniel Egnéus comes a modern classic about love, hope and the dreams that sustain us. A heartwarming and timeless picture book, perfect for anyone who has ever loved a bear.

An inspiring and fun-filled guide to the seaside, featuring artwork from the animated special of We''re Going on a Bear Hunt. In this interactive guide to the seaside, eager explorers will learn all about beach favourites including sand, crabs, birds, fish, rock pools and so much more! Packed with recipes, crafts and sticker activities galore, this beautifully illustrated sticker-activity book has plenty of ideas for seaside adventures and fun facts for readers come rain or shine!

An award-winning author and poet traces the history of his relatives lost in the Holocaust in a personal, powerful narrative with resonance for readers today. “They were there at the beginning of the war, but they were gone by the end. I suppose they died in the camps.” That’s all young Michael Rosen, born in England just after the end of the Second World War, was told about the six great-aunts and great-uncles who had been living in Poland or France at the beginning of that war. This wasn’t enough for him. So, as an adult, he started to search. He asked relatives for any papers they might have. He read book after book. He searched online, time and again, as more information was digitized and suddenly there to be found. In a unique mix of memoir, history, and poetry, scholar and children’s literature luminary Michael Rosen explores his family history, digging up more details than he ever thought he would and sharing them with readers so that now, a lifetime after the Nazis tried to make the world forget the Rosen family and the rest of Europe’s Jews, his readers can do something essential: remember. With an extensive list of titles for further reading, maps of France and Poland, a family tree, and an introduction by lauded author and anthologist Marc Aronson, this immensely readable narrative offers a vital tool for talking to children about the Holocaust against the background of the ongoing refugee crisis.

Shreddies in my hair. I looked at Eddie. Eddie''s looking at me. Big grin on his face. I knew he had done it. Last week he put pepper in the raisins. The yucky things your borther does, the annoying things your parents say, the funny things you feel. Michael Rosen knows all about YOU! Look inside and see if he''s spotted your deepest, darkest secrets. A much-loved classic of family life from the brilliant Michael Rosen & Quentin Blake.

A collection of poems about the silly moments of every day life.

Bear lovers rejoice! Pull the tabs and watch the pictures transform in an interactive edition of the award-winning classic. Follow and join in the family''s excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river, and squelch through the mud in search of a bear. Pull the tabs to change the pictures along the way — we’re going to catch a big one!

With a tramp and a roll and a swat, Great Big Elephant, Great Big Hippo, and Great Big Tiger try to capture Tiny Little Fly as he teases each one in turn.

Journey with Bear from his quiet home by the seaside to the noisy city, and back. This warm, happy and very satisfying picture book features all the movement, rhythm and rhyme of favourite Rosen picture books like We''re Going on a Bear Hunt. Each copy includes a CD of the story, read by the author.

Michael Rosen’s hilarious viral video poem is brought to life in picture book form by award-winning illustrator Neal Layton. Young Michael thinks his dad knows everything. That is, until the fateful day when his family sits down to eat, and the potato is a bit hot. Michael knows to blow on the potato before eating, as does his brother and his mom. So why does his dad pop it straight into his mouth? Michael Rosen’s amusing retelling of the tale of his dad and the too-hot potato has become one of his most widely beloved poems, with his own performance of it inspiring a meme: “Nice!” A funny slice of family life, told in delightful repetitive text, Hot Food: Nice! is published for the first time as a picture book with bold, silly illustrations sure to charm readers of all ages.