Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen

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February 12th, 2026: Goldilocks And The Three Crocodiles And Other Stories (Children's Book)

I Am Happy! (a short story) (Picture Book) was the most recently released book by Michael Rosen, on December 12th, 2023.

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Michael Rosen Stats: The most read book by Michael Rosen on Book Notification is We're Going On A Bear Hunt, the first novel in the We're Going on a Bear Hunt series. The second most read book is A Great Big Cuddle, a Collection.

Below is a complete list of Michael Rosen books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Bear Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Bear In The Cave
2007
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2
6
Bear's Day Out
2007
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3
Bear Flies High
2009
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List of Uncle Gobb Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed
2015
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2
Uncle Gobb And The Green Heads
2017
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3
Uncle Gobb and the Plot Plot
2018
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List of We're Going on a Bear Hunt Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
We're Going On A Bear Hunt
1989
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2
We're Here and We're Going to Stay
1989
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3
We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Play)
2000
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4
My Explorer's Journal
2017
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5
Christmas Act
2018
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6
Let's Discover Flowers and Trees
2019
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7
Let's Discover Baby Animals
2019
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8
We're Going on a Bear Hunt Sound Book
2020
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9
My First 123
2020
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List of What Is... And Other Big Questions Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
What Is Humanism? How Do You Live Without A God?
2015
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2
Who Are Refugees And Migrants? What Makes People Leave Their Homes?
2016
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3
What Is Right And Wrong? Who Decides? Where Do Values Come From?
2018
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4
What Is Politics? Why Should We Care? (With: Annemarie Young)
2019
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5
Why Do We Need Art? What Do We Gain By Being Creative?
2020
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6
8
What Is Masculinity? Why Does It Matter? And Other Big Questions (By: Darren Chetty, Jeffrey Boakye)
2021
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List of Zoomabbay Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Zoomabbay at the World Cup
2001
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2
Zoomababy And The Mission To Mars
2001
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3
Zoomababy to the Rescue
2001
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List of Children's Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Bakerloo Flea
1979
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2
Nasty!
1982
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3
You Can't Catch Me!
1982
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4
A Cat and Mouse Story
1983
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5
How to get out of the bath... and other problems
1984
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6
When Did You Last Wash Your Feet?
1986
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7
Smelly Jelly Smelly Fish
1986
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8
Under The Bed
1986
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9
Spollyollydiddlytiddlyitis
1987
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10
Don't Put Mustard In The Custard
1987
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11
The Hypnotiser
1988
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12
Norma and the Washing Machine
1988
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13
Beep beep! Here come the Horribles
1989
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14
The Wicked Tricks Of Till Owlyglass
1989
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15
The Formula
1989
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16
The Royal Huddle
1990
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17
How Giraffe Got Such A Long Neck...and Why Rhino is So Grumpy
1993
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18
Burping Bertha
1994
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19
All Eyes On the Pond
1994
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20
Crow and Hawk
1995
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21
You're Thinking about Tomatoes
2005
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22
Fluff the Farting Fish
2013
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23
Aesop's Fables
2013
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24
Send for a Superhero!
2013
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25
Choosing Crumble
2014
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26
Don't Forget Tiggs!
2015
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27
Bilal's Brilliant Bee
2016
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28
Dread Cat
2017
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29
Barking for Bagels
2017
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30
6
Bah! Humbug!
2017
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31
Hampstead the Hamster
2018
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32
8
Sticky McStickstick
2021
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33
Rigatoni the Pasta Cat
2022
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34
Bear's Big Dreaming / The Big Dreaming
2023
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35
Goldilocks And The Three Crocodiles And Other Stories
2026
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Down at the Doctor's
1988
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2
Attic: Fear
1989
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3
How the Animals Got Their Colors
1991
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4
Vulgar Verses
1991
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5
Mind the Gap
1992
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6
Rude Rhymes
1992
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7
Dirty Ditties
1992
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8
Mini Beasties
1993
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9
Rude Rhymes Ii
1994
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10
Michael Rosen's Horribly Silly Stories
1994
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11
Off the Wall
1994
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12
A Treasure Trove of Nonsense
1997
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13
Arabian Frights and Other Stories
1999
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14
The Walker Treasury of Animal Stories (With: Dick King-Smith)
2000
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15
Michael Rosen's Book of Nonsense
2003
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16
Alphabet Poem
2004
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17
Fantastically Funny Stories
2005
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18
Short and Silly!
2005
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19
Ribticklers!
2007
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20
The Laugh Out Loud Joke Book
2016
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List of Picture Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Hard Boiled Legs
1986
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2
The Three Little Pigs
1989
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3
The Oar
1989
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4
The Nose
1989
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5
Snow White
1990
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6
Freckly Feet And Itchy Knees
1990
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7
Little Tin Soldier
1990
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8
Little Rabbit Foo Foo
1990
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9
Never Mind!
1990
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10
Who Drew On The Baby's Head?
1991
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11
Nuts About Nuts
1993
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12
The First Giraffe
1993
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13
Moving
1993
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14
Figgy Roll
1994
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15
The Old Woman and the Pumpkin
1994
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16
The Man with No Shadow
1995
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17
Rap with Rosen
1995
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18
This Is Our House
1996
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19
The Zoo at Night
1996
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20
Mind Your Own Business
1996
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21
Tea in the Sugar Bowl
1997
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22
Wolfman (With: Chris Mould)
1998
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23
Snore!
1998
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24
Rover
1999
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25
Lunch Boxes Don't Fly
1999
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26
6
Mission Ziffoid
1999
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27
Night-night, Knight
1999
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28
The Jewish Gladiator
2001
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29
Uncle Billy Being Silly
2001
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30
Lovely Old Roly
2002
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31
No Breathing in Class
2003
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32
10
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
2003
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33
Howler
2004
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34
Oww!
2004
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35
10
Michael Rosen's Sad Book
2004
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36
You're Thinking about Doughnuts
2006
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37
4
Totally Wonderful Miss Plumberry
2006
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38
Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy
2006
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39
Something’s Drastic
2007
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40
Shoo!
2007
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41
Songbird Story
2007
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42
Dear Mother Goose
2008
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43
Even Stevens F.C
2008
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44
I'm Number One
2009
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45
Red Ted and the Lost Things
2009
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46
6
Tiny Little Fly
2010
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47
The Golem Of Old Prague
2010
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48
Dear Fairy Godmother
2011
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49
Blue
2012
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50
Even My Ears Are Smiling
2012
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51
Bob the Bursting Bear
2012
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52
Happy Harry's Cafe
2012
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53
8
The Bus Is for Us
2015
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54
Monster
2015
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55
Mad in the Back
2015
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56
Chocolate Cake
2017
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57
Wiggly Wiggly
2018
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58
A Dog's Tale
2019
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59
6
Honey for You, Honey for Me
2021
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60
I am Angry
2021
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61
I Am Hungry
2022
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62
Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles
2022
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63
8
Ready for Spaghetti: Funny Poems for Funny Kids
2022
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64
I Am Wriggly
2023
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65
Not-So-Little Red Riding Hood
2023
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66
The Big Dreaming
2023
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67
I Am Happy!
2023
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List of Poetry Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Wouldn't You Like to Know
1981
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2
Everybody Here
1982
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3
Speaking to You
1984
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4
That'd Be Telling
1986
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5
A World Of Poetry
1991
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6
Culture Shock
1992
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7
Itsy-Bitsy Beasties
1992
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8
You are, aren't You?
1993
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9
A Different Story
1994
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10
A Spider Bought A Bicycle And Other Poems For Young Children
1995
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11
The Best of Michael Rosen
1995
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12
Smacking My Lips
1996
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13
Michael Rosen's ABC
1996
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14
Night Night, Knight And Other Poems
1998
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15
Classic Poetry
1998
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16
Even more Nonsense
2000
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17
The Walker Book Of Classic Poetry And Poets
2001
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18
Poems for the Very Young
2004
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19
Selected Poems
2007
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20
Fighters For Life
2007
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21
Skin of Your Back
2009
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22
Bananas In My Ears
2011
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23
I Never Know How Poems Start
2012
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24
9
A Great Big Cuddle
2015
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25
Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots
2016
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26
Five Nonsense Poems
2017
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27
Listening to a Pogrom on the Radio
2017
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28
Poetry And Stories For Primary And Lower Secondary Schools
2017
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29
Mr Mensh
2019
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30
On the Move
2020
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List of The Nation's Favourite Poems Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Nation's Favourite Poems: Book 1 (By: Griff Rhys Jones)
1996
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2
The Nation's Favourite Love Poems ( By: Daisy Goodwin)
1997
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3
The Nation's Favourite: Comic Poems (By: Griff Rhys Jones)
1998
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4
The Nation's Favourite Poems (By: John E. Nettles)
1998
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5
The Nation's Favourite Animal Poems ( By: Virginia McKenna)
2001
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6
The Nation's Favourite Children's Poems ( By: Spike Milligan)
2001
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7
The Nation's Favourite Poems of Remembrance
2003
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8
More Nation's Favourite Poems ( By: BBC)
2004
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List of Puffin Poetry Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Quick, Let's Get Out of Here
1983
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2
Poets in hand (By: John Fuller, Elizabeth Jennings, Anne Harvey, Vernon Scannell, Charles Causley)
1985
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3
Penguin Portable Poets ( By: Brian Patten)
1990
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4
You Wait Till I'm Older Than You!
1996
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5
Funky Chickens (By: Benjamin Zephaniah)
1996
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6
Michael Rosen's Book of Very Silly Poems
1996
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7
Wicked World! (By: Benjamin Zephaniah)
2000
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8
Juggling with Gerbils (By: Brian Patten)
2000
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9
Centrally Heated Knickers
2000
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10
Friendly Matches (By: Allan Ahlberg)
2001
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11
The Day Our Teacher Went Batty (By: Gervase Phinn)
2002
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12
The Bee's Knees (By: Roger McGough)
2003
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13
The Monsters' Guide to Choosing a Pet (By: Roger McGough, Brian Patten)
2004
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14
Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things
2010
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15
Poetry Pie (By: Roger McGough)
2015
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Hairy Tales And Nursery Crimes
1985
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2
The Class Two Monster
1989
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3
I See a Voice
1990
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4
Clever Cakes
1991
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5
The Disappearance of Émile Zola
2017
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6
6
Bah! Humbug!
2017
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7
Macbeth United
2020
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8
Please Write Soon
2022
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9
Unexpected Twist
2023
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10
The Incredible Adventures of Gaston le Dog
2023
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
That'd Be Telling (With: Joan Griffiths)
1986
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2
Did I Hear You Write?
1989
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3
Goodies and Daddies
1991
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4
Treasure Islands
1993
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5
Just Kids
1995
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6
A Year with Poetry
1997
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7
Shakespeare: His Work and His World
2001
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8
Carrying The Elephant
2002
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9
This Is Not My Nose
2004
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10
William Shakespeare
2004
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11
Dickens
2005
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12
What's So Special About Shakespeare?
2007
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13
What's So Special about Dickens?
2007
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14
Stop What You're Doing and Read This! (With: Jeanette Winterson, Mark Haddon, Zadie Smith)
2011
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15
Fantastic Mr Dahl
2012
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16
4
Alphabetical
2013
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17
Good Ideas
2014
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18
Don't Mention the Children
2015
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19
So They Call You Pisher!
2017
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20
Why Write? Why Read?
2018
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21
Writing for Pleasure
2018
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22
How to Make Children Laugh
2018
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23
The Author
2018
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24
Workers' Tales
2018
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25
Reading and Rebellion
2018
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26
8
What Is Poetry?
2019
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27
Michael Rosen's Book of Play
2019
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28
Reading For Pleasure
2019
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29
The Missing
2020
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30
8
Many Different Kinds of Love
2021
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31
What is a Bong Tree
2022
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32
St. Pancreas Defendat Me 'The Boris Letters'
2022
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33
Getting Better
2023
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34
The Advantages of Nearly Dying
2023
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35
Write to Feel Right
2023
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List of Plays in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Backbone
1968
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2
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
2007
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List of Michael Rosen Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Read-to-Me Treasury
1990
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2
The Chatto Book of Dissent
1991
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3
Give Me Shelter
1991
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4
South and North, East and West
1992
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5
Magical Stories
1995
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6
The Walker Book of Stories for 5+ Year Olds
1995
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7
Funny Stories
1995
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8
The Walker Book of Bear Stories
1995
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9
Walking the Bridge of Your Nose
1995
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10
Poems Are Private
2001
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11
ShazKaz and Other Stories
2004
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12
Michael Rosen's A-Z
2009
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Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen is the author of the Michael Rosen Picture Books series which currently consists of 67 novels. The Michael Rosen Picture Books series started in 1986 with the novel Hard Boiled Legs. The most recently released novel in the Michael Rosen Picture Books series was I Am Happy! which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming novels for the Michael Rosen Picture Books series.

Michael Rosen has also written the Children's Books series which has 35 books including The Bakerloo Flea and Nasty!.

Michael Rosen: Lists & Other Mentions

  • We're Going On A Bear Hunt was an Amazon UK: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2014 and a TES Magazine: Teacher's Favourite Books List Selection in 2013.

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Fans of Michael Rosen also enjoy these authors:

  1. Neil Gaiman, author of the American Gods Series.
  2. Charles Dickens, author of: A Christmas Carol.
  3. Dan Brown, author of the Robert Langdon Series.
  4. John Green, author of: The Fault in Our Stars.
  5. C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles Of Narnia Series.

Michael Rosen: F.A.Q

What was the first book Michael Rosen wrote?

The first book written by Michael Rosen was Backbone, published in 1968.

What was the most recent book Michael Rosen wrote?

Their most recently released work was I Am Happy! (a short story) on December 12th, 2023.

What is the most popular book by Michael Rosen?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Michael Rosen book is We're Going On A Bear Hunt. Here are their most popular books:
  1. We're Going On A Bear Hunt (9)
  2. A Great Big Cuddle (9)
  3. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (10)
  4. What Is Humanism? How Do You Live Without A God? (10)
  5. Ready for Spaghetti: Funny Poems for Funny Kids (8)

Are there upcoming new books by Michael Rosen?

Michael Rosen has a new book coming out on February 12th, 2026 called Goldilocks And The Three Crocodiles And Other Stories.

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How many books has Michael Rosen written?

Michael Rosen has written 227 books across 15 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in the Bear Series
  • 3 books in the Uncle Gobb Series
  • 9 books in the We're Going on a Bear Hunt Series
  • 5 books in the What Is.. And Other Big Questions Series
  • 3 books in the Zoomabbay Series
  • 35 Children's Books
  • 20 Collections
  • 67 Picture Books
  • 30 Poetry Collections
  • 1 book in The Nation's Favourite Poems Series
  • 5 books in the Puffin Poetry Series
  • 10 Standalone Novels
  • 35 Non-Fiction Books
  • 2 Plays

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