SuitabookYou Wait Till I’m Older Than You!
Michael Rosen
- Reading
- Try one poem at a time, reading it aloud if that suits your child. Pause after comic or startling images, let the child decide what happened, and stop or switch poems if the tone feels uncomfortable.
- Themes
- Growing up through everyday frustrations: The collection is described as being about growing up, with situations involving parents, siblings, clothes and ordinary family experiences. The poems appear to examine how growing up can make small frustrations feel unusually important, using comic exaggeration rather than a single developing plot.
- Humour and perspective: The book is presented as a funny poetry collection and includes emphatic spoken phrases alongside startling or embarrassing situations. Its humour seems to come from heightened language and strong reactions, inviting readers to notice how storytelling can alter the emotional size of an event.
- Worth knowing
- Some examples involve being hit with a spoon, screaming, a spider in the toilet and a scorpion. These moments may feel startling or gross, although the overall framing is comic rather than explained in detail.