On the Move

Former Children's Laureates Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces for a personal and uniquely affecting collection of poems about migration.
"What you leave behind
Won't leave your mind.
But home is where you find it.
Home is where you find it."
Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces for a landmark new collection, focusing on migration and displacement. Michael's poems are divided into four: in the first series, he draws on his childhood as part of a first-generation Polish family living in London; in the second, on his perception of the War as a young boy; in the third, on his "missing" relatives and the Holocaust; and in the fourth, and final, on global experiences of migration. By turns charming, shocking and heart-breaking, this is an anthology with a story to tell and a powerful point to make: "You can only do something now."

About the author

Michael Rosen is a multi-award-winning poet, a popular radio broadcaster, distinguished critic and academic, and one of the most popular authors for children. He has written over 200 books in a career spanning over five decades, including the internationally bestselling We're Going on a Bear Hunt, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. His poems, about family life, childhood and a good deal of silliness, have reached millions through his exuberant online readings. Michael was the Children’s Laureate from 2007 to 2009, and is now Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.A children's author and illustrator, most well-known for his illustratrations for books by Roald Dahl.

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Product details

• Authors: Michael Rosen, Rosen Michael
• Assisted by: Quentin Blake (Illustration)
• Publisher: Walker Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781406393705
• ISBN: 978-1-4063-9370-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Holocaust, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Europe, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, History & The Past: General Interest (Children's/Ya), Poetry (Children's/Ya), Children’s / Teenage: Poetry / poems