Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Michael Rosen
Born: May 7, 1946 (age 79)
Bio: Michael Wayne Rosen is an English children's novelist and poet, the author of 140 books. He served as Children's Laureate from June 2007 to June 2009. He has been a TV presenter and a political columnist.
Known for:
- Sad Book (2004)
- Quick, let's get out of here (1983)
- Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things (2010)
- A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young (2015)
- Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed (2015)