Known - and loved - for his various poetry collections, picture books and anthologies for children including 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt', 'This is Our House', 'Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy', 'Centrally Heated Knickers' and 'Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things', Michael Rosen is one of the world's favourite voices of the children's literary scene.
As part of this year's Manchester Literature Festival, the fifrth Children's Laureate will be making his way to the Royal Exchange for a special poetry event suitable for children at Key Stage 2 level, where they'll be able to come and hear Michael perform some of his greatest poems.