{"title":"Michael Rosen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMichael Rosen is one of the best-known figures in the children's book world. He is renowned for his work as a poet, performer, broadcaster and scriptwriter. He visits schools with his one-man show to enthuse children with his passion for books and poetry. In 2007 he was appointed Children's Laureate, a role which he held until 2009. While Laureate, he set up The Roald Dahl Funny Prize. 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It chronicles Michael'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. It wasn't made like any other book either; Michael Rosen said of the text, \" I wrote it at a moment of extreme feeling and it went straight down onto the page ... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuentin didn't illustrate it, he 'realized' it. He turned the text into a book and as a result showed me back to myself. 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