Earlier this week Michael Rosen and the four previous Children's Laureates - Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo and Jacqueline Wilson - celebrated the tenth anniversary of the award. They also gave a lsit of their favourite books when they were young.
Jacqueline Wilson's favourites include A Little Princess, Little Women, Ballet Shoes and The Family From One End Street. Anne Fine’s favourite is The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, and her list includes Eva Ibbotson's Journey to the River Sea, set in the Amazon. Michael Rosen chose Fairy Tales by Terry Jones, Emil and the Detectives, Daz 4 Zoe by Robert Swindells, and Anne Frank's Diary. Blake, who is an illustrator, chose Rose Blanche, Ian McEwan's touching story of a young girl’s view of a concentration camp; John Masefield’s The Box of Delights, Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, and Stuart Little. Michael Morpurgo's choices include Dickens' Oliver Twist, The Happy Prince, Five Go To Smuggler's Top, A Book of Nonsense, and the Just So Stories.
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