A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young

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Two of the biggest names in childrens publishing, Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell, come together in a new poetry collection.

Winner of the 2016 CLPE Poetry Award. Two of the biggest names in childrens publishing, Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell, come together in a new poetry collection. The poems in A Great Big Cuddle fizz off the page with sound and rhythm, energy and laughter, as Rosen captures in the most remarkable way what it means to be very, very young. A childs world with all its details and feelings toys and games, animals and made-up creatures, likes and dislikes is vividly conjured up in the most memorable, playful language, and Chris Riddell has produced some his most extraordinary pictures ever to bring this world to life. It's a book that will be enjoyed by the oldest grown-up and the youngest child and a future classic.

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Michael Rosens close and affectionate observation of small children and the way they think is brilliantly captured []Chris Riddells illustrations created an equally warm-hearted view of the early years and capture the spirit of the poems perfectly. * Julia Eccleshare, LoveReading *
With repetition and jollity, this collection of short poems will provide hours of special shared moments. The illustrations are beautifully observed, too. * Baby London *
[] bright and bold * WRD Magazine *

Author Bio

Michael Rosen is one of the most popular authors of stories and poems for children. His bestselling titles published by Walker Books include Little Rabbit Foo Foo, Michael Rosens Sad Book, This Is Our House, Tiny Little Fly, Dear Mother Goose and its sequel Dear Fairy Godmother. He has also written many collections of poetry including Bananas in My Ears. Michael received the Eleanor Farjeon Award for distinguished services to childrens literature in 1997, and was the Childrens Laureate from 2007 to 2009. He is a distinguished critic and academic, co-directing an MA in Childrens Literature at Birkbeck College. He is often called upon to talk about childrens literature and his poetry readings are adored by children and adults. He also presents radio programmes for the BBC. Michael lives in London.

Chris Riddell is one of the country's finest children's book illustrators. He has twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Pirate Diary and Gulliver's Travels. He is a political cartoonist for the Observer and has collaborated with Paul Stewart on the extremely popular Edge Chronicles and Muddle Earth series. In recent years he has had success writing and illustrating his own books, including the Ottoline stories and Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse, which won a Costa Book Award. Chris lives in Brighton.