New Releases by Michael Rosen

A noisy night for dozy dog. All of the farmyard animals cannot sleep because of dog''s snoring. 2-5 yrs.

Collection of poems about school. Suggested level: primary.

dear joe, your wild noisy huge brother is dead. i couldn''t do what my parents did: bring two boys, four years apart, through the maze in 72 prose-poems of extraordinary power and vividness, Michael Rosen tells the story of a life: his left-wing Jewish upbringing, with baffling childhood trips to Trafalgar Square, eastern Europe and hospital, followed by trainee days at the BBC under the watchful eyes of Mi5, breakdown of a marriage, development of a new relationship, and the joy of a new baby. And, in a core series of pieces, the central calamity of his life: the sudden death from meningitis of his eighteen-year-old son. ''Rather you than me'' said one of the neighbours on hearing the news - a remark that Rosen records, as he does much else to do with the death, with a surprised, painful honesty which constantly brings the reader up short. Unflinching, totally lacking in mawkishness and self-pity, Carrying the Elephant is a triumph of imagination and curiosity.

Knowledge of the basic mechanisms of cardiac excitation is a prerequisite to the understanding of cardiac arrythmias and their response to therapy. The goal of this book is to provide readers unacquainted with the matter with the information necessary to develop pathophysiologically oriented clinical reasoning in this area. Besides covering normal

A family holds its first Thanksgiving without a beloved grandmother, yet by remembering her traditions, they are able to celebrate once again. Full color.

Beginning with the chaos of breakfast and ending with the calm of bedtime, this is a collection of verse by Smarties Book Prize Winner, Michael Rosen. The poems are about everything from the pleasures of messing about to the pains of feeling ill and strange goings-on at the beach.

Combines nonsense poems and fanciful illustrations with objects representing each letter of the alphabet.

George won''t let any of the other children into his cardboard box house, but when the tables are turned, he finds out how it feels to be excluded.

Designed to fit the National Curriculum, the English 5-14 Guidelines in Scotland and the Northern Ireland Guidelines for English, this is part of the Longman Book Project. The project aims to enable teachers throughout the primary school to teach: language; fiction; and non-fiction. The project also offers practical guidance and in-built record keeping and assessment. It is carefully structured, enabling all teachers throughout the primary school to teach reading and language with success and understanding.

At Christmas-Hanukkah time, a Christian woodcarver gives a carved angel to a young Jewish friend, who struggles with accepting the Christmas gift until he realizes that friendship means the same thing in any religion.

SUMMARY: Naughty Rabbit Foo Foo, who mistreats the other forest inhabitants, receives his just deserts from the Good Fairy.

A collection of contemporary nonsense poetry and verse.

The tale of the one legged tin soldier - his adventures and steadfast devotion to the little paper dancing doll.

Michael Rosen discusses the philosophical issues involved in historical interpretation before presenting a novel and challenging solution to the problem of Hegel''s openness to criticism. Contrary to received opinion, Hegel''s philosophy does not, he argues, draw upon a universal and pre-suppositionless conception of rationality.

A collection of poems about the unique experiences and emotions of childhood.