Author Michael Rosen 'poorly but stable' say family

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Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen is "very poorly at the moment” and spent a night in intensive care, his family have said.

The statement on Twitter, external said he was "now doing OK" and was "stable" and "alert" having been moved to a ward on Sunday.

It is not known whether the 73-year-old's condition is related to the coronavirus.

The children's novelist and poet was Children's Laureate from 2007 to 2009.

His many works for children include We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Little Rabbit Foo Foo and Tiny Little Fly.

Cressida Cowell, author of the How to Train Your Dragon series, said she hoped he would "recover swiftly".

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Rosen's family thanked all his Twitter followers "for all their kind concern".