"An anthology with a story to tell and a powerful point to make"
Winner of the CLiPPA (CLPE Children’s Poetry Award) 2021
On the Move is both personal and universal, with messages of home, identity and family. The CLiPPA judges found it full of emotion, delivered with a perfect sense of understatement; they praised the way words and illustrations provide pauses, allowing readers space to think.
Chair of the CLiPPA judges, Allie Esiri: "the judges were unanimous in choosing On the Move as the winner for the way in which it situates us, with striking immediacy, within Michael Rosen’s own personal recollections of migration, and invites us to consider the plight of others forced to be on the move today. In a period in which migration is continuously reshaping our ideas of belonging, heritage and identity, this book serves as a timely — and timeless — reminder of our kinship with our fellow humans of all backgrounds for readers of all ages."
Find out more about the 2021 CLiPPA, the winning book and the shortlisted poetry collections.
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What you leave behind / Won't leave your mind. / But home is where you find it. / Home is where you find it.
Former Children's Laureates Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces for a landmark new collection, focusing on migration and displacement.
Michael's poems are divided into four: in the first series, he draws on his childhood as part of a first-generation Polish family living in London; in the second, on his perception of the War as a young boy; in the third, on his missing relatives and the Holocaust; and in the fourth, and final, on global experiences of migration.
By turns charming, shocking and heart-breaking, this is an anthology with a story to tell and a powerful point to make: You can only do something now.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed On the Move: Poems About Migration and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
On the Move: Poems About Migration features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, History, People / Places, Warfare & Battles, Poetry Books for Children, Gift Books, Children’s / Teenage stationery and miscellaneous items, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s / Teenage poetry, anthologies, annuals
On the Move: Poems About Migration is available in Paperback, Hardback
On the Move: Poems About Migration was written by Michael Rosen and published by Walker Books Ltd
On the Move: Poems About Migration has 140 pages
£7.19
