In this programme Michael Rosen talks to the author Jacqueline Wilson about her campaign to encourage more reading aloud and meet her army of young fans at an event in Birmingham.
Also in the show, Rosen enthuses about the need to make reading fun, and we look at how Michelle Magorian's Goodnight Mr Tom is being used for creative work in the classroom.
Finally, we hear from our panel of experts about Ruth Padel's 52 Ways of Reading a Poem. The panel includes:
- Julia Eccleshare from The Guardian
- Stacey Jordan, a teacher
- Richard Grant (aka Dreadlock Alien), a slam poet
