Michael Rosen's Sad Book

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He has won many major prizes for illustration, including the Kate Greenaway Medal (1980) and the Red House Children's Book Award (1981) for Mister Magnolia.

Rosen said that the book arose after a group of children asked him questions about his son's death and they were able to discuss it in a "matter-of-fact" way. Quentin Blake's illustrations sensitively complement an account of grief that is both searingly personal and reassuringly universal. It is beautifully written with sensitivity and a reality which touches all ages, and can help us to start to understand the profound impact that death has on us. And Quentin Blake says that the picture of Michael "being sad but trying to look happy" is the most difficult drawing he's ever done. 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 .The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The book takes you along Michael Rosen’s thoughts in such a way that you feel with him yet can also understand everything from your own perspective. The book frequently uses a disconnection between text and image to communicate the complex feelings of grief. The subject of bereavement is treated in an unusual way in Michael Rosen's Sad Book, which deals with the death of the author's own son.

It's a book to be kept forever it's so relatable that you would think its only you who feel this way and what's goingbon this books simple self honest explanatory book is just a book you can re read when needed and say its OK not be ok don't feel guilty for when you do . Having read Michael Rosen's poetry throughout my childhood- full of hilarious and fun stories of Eddie as a little boy and later a big brother, it is clear how adored he was by his Dad. With emotional elegance and nuance, he welcomes and unpicks each layer of mourning and explains why it’s ok to be sad.He was the Children’s Laureate from 2007-2009 and has published over 200 books for children and adults, including the recent bestseller Many Different Kinds of Love and On The Move. During his time in the role, he celebrated children's books and children's book illustration with a range of projects and exhibitions, and conceived the idea for the House of Illustration, the world's first centre dedicated to the art of illustration in all its forms.