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Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Jabberwocky | CLASSIC | Lewis Caroll - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Jabberwocky | CLASSIC | Lewis Caroll - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen Michael Rosen reads a great nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll with lots of invented words in it. "Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll...
Instructional Video0:45
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

My Running Shoes | POEM

Pre-K - 5th
My Running Shoes | POEM Poem written and performed by Michael Rosen.
Instructional Video1:43
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

A Word | POEM

Pre-K - 5th
A Word | POEM From Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots.
Instructional Video2:18
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Herman Beavers - 'Requiem' (for Gwendolyn Brooks)

Higher Ed
Herman Beavers has taught at Penn since 1989. Professor Beavers has a joint appointment in the Department of Africana Studies and teaches courses in African American and American literature, including courses on Southern Modernism, 20th...
Instructional Video0:49
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

On The Move Again | POEM

Pre-K - 5th
On The Move Again | POEM We're always moving, moving, moving You know You gotta go. No time to grieve You just gotta leave. Get away from the pain On the move again. You gotta move it To prove it. Prove it To move it. Take the train....
Instructional Video3:24
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

The Other Day I Met a Bear | SONG | Sonsense Nongs

Pre-K - 5th
The Other Day I Met a Bear | SONG | Sonsense Nongs Song performed by Michael Rosen Michael Rosen shows once again why he's known for being able to tune into exactly the kind of humour that makes children fall about with laughter.
Instructional Video10:40
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Custard's Last Stand | Part 4 | STORY | NASTY

Pre-K - 5th
Custard's Last Stand | Part 4 | STORY | NASTY Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube.
Instructional Video6:32
Oxford Comma

Love and Time: The Sun Rising

9th - 12th
Playing on the tradition of the interrupted lovers (who in this case are interrupted by the sun), Donne creates a metaphor that stretches the length of the poem. Stay tuned for a reading, summary, and analysis of one of my all time...
Instructional Video11:47
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Chapter 9 | You're Thinking About Tomatoes | STORY

Pre-K - 5th
You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 9 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen. A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...
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Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Eddie and the Shreddies | POEM

Pre-K - 5th
Eddie and the Shreddies | POEM Poem performed by Michael Rosen. From: Quick Lets Get Out of Here Published by: Puffin
Instructional Video4:00
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Lynn Marie Houston - 'My Father Sends Me a Card That Says You Are So Loved'

Higher Ed
Lynn Marie Houston holds a Ph.D. in English from Arizona State University and an MFA from Southern Connecticut State University. A Fulbright scholar (Switzerland 1994-1998), she has also held writing residencies at the Vermont Studio...
Instructional Video1:49
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

When We Had Ice Cream - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Michael Rosen performs the poem When We Had Ice Cream. This poem comes from ‘Selected Poems’ (Penguin Books).
Instructional Video4:05
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Vivian Shipley - 'Sourdough'

Higher Ed
Vivian Shipley is the author of several books of poetry, including All of Your Messages Have Been Erased (Southeastern Louisiana University Press, 2010), Greatest Hits: 1974–2010 (Pudding House Press, 2010), and Hardboot: Poems, New &...
Instructional Video4:20
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Joe Weil - 'Painting the Christmas Trees'

Higher Ed
Joe Weil is an assistant professor at Binghamton University. His reviews, essays, poems and short stories have appeared in Paterson Literary review, The Literati Quarterly, Rattle, Barnstorm, Blue Collar Review, Lips, The Boston Review,...
Instructional Video0:11
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Puzzle 1 - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Puzzle 1 - Read by Michael Rosen from The Hypnotiser
Instructional Video14:04
Schooling Online

Perfecting Poetry: Rosemary Dobson - Summer's End - 2. Picnic

3rd - Higher Ed
Discover how Dobson uses the imagery of a picnic to explore the ephemerality of youth. An autumnal bush scene sets the stage for a picnic. Sit with the speaker as she stews over the past while her billy threatens to bubble over! Tongues...
Instructional Video4:08
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Ginny Lowe Connors - 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Classroom'

Higher Ed
Ginny Lowe Connors’ chapbook, Under the Porch (Hill-Stead Museum, 2010) won the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. She’s published several poetry collections, including Barbarians in the Kitchen (Antrim House Books, 2005) and The Unparalleled...
Instructional Video4:51
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Richard Blanco - "El Americano in the Mirror"

Higher Ed
Richard Blanco’s mother, seven months pregnant, and the rest of the family arrived as exiles from Cuba to Madrid where he was born. Forty-five days later, the family immigrated once more to New York City, and eventually settled in Miami....
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Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Susanna's A Funiful Cow | SONG | Sonsense Nongs

Pre-K - 5th
Susanna's A Funiful Cow | SONG | Sonsense Nongs Performed by Michael Rosen Michael Rosen shows once again why he's known for being able to tune into exactly the kind of humour that makes children fall about with laughter.
Instructional Video8:17
Oxford Comma

Biographical Fallacy: Funeral Blues

9th - 12th
Four Weddings and a Funeral made this poem THE funeral poem. But did Auden actually want it to be sad? And does that actually matter? We'll explore that question in our reading, summary, and analysis of W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues."
Instructional Video5:28
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

The Bakerloo Flea | Part 1 | STORY | NASTY

Pre-K - 5th
The Bakerloo Flea | Part 1 | STORY | NASTY Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube.
Instructional Video0:44
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Goldfish - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Goldfish - Read by Michael Rosen from The Hypnotiser
Instructional Video4:45
Brainwaves Video Anthology

The Poetic Tragedy of Shergar: A Tale of Loss and Legacy

Higher Ed
This haunting and evocative poem weaves together the mysterious disappearance of the legendary racehorse Shergar with the author's personal memories of loss and transition. Through vivid imagery and poignant reflections, the poet...
Instructional Video0:47
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Newcomers | POEM

Pre-K - 5th
Newcomers | POEM Michael Rosen reads his poem.