Over 40 authors including Alan Gibbons, Cathy Cassidy and Michael Rosen have backed a protest against the current UK school system following the "deeply disturbing" findings of a poll which suggested more than half of teachers are thinking of quitting. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Rosen answers questions about the new Laugh Out Loud Book Prize (the Lollies). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Channel 4 is set to broadcast a 30-minute animation based on Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury’s bestselling picture book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. The channel’s chief executive officer Jay Hunt and head of drama Piers Wenger commissioined the programme, striking a deal with Walker... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors including Philip Pullman, Michael Rosen, John Dougherty, and Alan Gibbons have signed a letter saying baseline assessment tests should not be brought in to primary schools. The tests, to be introduced in September 2015, will take place in the first few weeks after a child starts in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford University Press has signed a host of book deals in the run-up to the Bologna Book Fair, including titles by Joel Stewart and Roland Chambers. OUP commissioning editor Peter Marley bought world rights Tiny Cops and Robbers, by Stewart, who is an illustrator who has worked with Julia... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last week two books—Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Puffin) and Michael Rosen’s We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (Walker)—achieved a unique feat, notching up their 1,000th week in BookScan’s Total Consumer Market Top 5,000. The two books are the UK book trade’s only remaining Evergreens:... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 25th anniversary of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]