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Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things by Michael Rosen (view source)
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When he was little, Michael Rosen's dad remembered all the bad things he'd doneand reminded him of them when appropriate, so Michael imagined he'd written them all down in a Big Book of Bad Things. Here he presents the eponymous poem, as well as many many other tales of childhood, from the horrors of being a second late to school, to making a raft, to going to a café. Some bad, some sad, some quirky, some funny, some touching, some light-hearted, all wonderful.
So. My big girly crush on Michael Rosen continues unabated. I lurve him. I'm still revelling in and gushing with praise for what he and others did with the anthology [[A To Z - The Best Children's Poetry From Agard To Zephaniah by Michael Rosen|A To Z - The Best Children's Poetry From Agard To Zephaniah]]. I'll launch into my own take of [[Bear Flies High by Michael Rosen and Adrian Reynolds|Bear Flies High]] at the drop of a hat, droppy drop, droppy drop, droppy droppetty drop. And I love his poems. I love his mind. I love his openness. I love his honesty. I love his ideas. I love the way they're presented and shared. He doesn't hide, and that shines through. There's a heart, there's a mind, there's thought, there's care, there's interest, there's excitement, there are ideas by the bucketload. It's Michael Rosen, and if you don't love him and his work as much as I do, well, then, you're just wrong. So there.