Michael Rosen interview: first chapter fiction
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Michael Rosen talks to Nikki Gamble about his young fiction titles, illustrated by Tony Ross, including Rigatoni the Pasta Cat. Michael worked on this story while in hospital recovering from Covid. The manuscript landed in his editor’s mailbox, to her surprise. She thought he was recuperating!
Reading first chapter fiction is an important step in a child’s reading journey. Michael and Nikki talk about how books are written support readers as they increase in confidence and independence.
This post was written by Nikki Gamble
Nikki GambleFormerly a teacher (secondary and primary) and university lecturer, with over 40 years’ experience, Nikki is Director of Just Imagine. She has worked extensively in schools across the UK and internationally. She is the author of Exploring Children’s Literature now in its fourth edition (Sage, 2019) and co-author of Guiding Readers, winner of the UKLA Academic Book Award (UCL, 2016). Nikki runs workshops for teachers, librarians, students and researchers on different aspects of children's literature, an online summer school and hosts literary events. Contact nikki@justimagine.co.uk