Ulteriori informazioni
Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A heartbreakingly honest account from the illustrious pairing of two former Children's Laureates. It chronicles Michael Rosen's grief at the death of his son Eddie from meningitis at the age of 19. A moving combination of sincerity and simplicity, it acknowledges that sadness is not always avoidable or reasonable and perfects the art of making complicated feelings plain. Quentin Blake says that the picture of Michael 'being sad but trying to look happy' is the most difficult drawing he's ever done. This is a picture book for all ages. Zusammenfassung A heartbreakingly honest account of a father's grief for his son from the illustrious pairing of two former Children's Laureates.
