Audio Book

Are You Still Circumcised? East End Memories

Harold Rosen’s collection of autobiographical stories about growing up in the Jewish East End in the 1930s, bringing to life an immigrant generation’s abrasive encounter with the anglicising power of schooling. The collection includes accounts of Harold Rosen’s Jewish Communist family’s conflicts with authority, and combating fascists at the Battle of Cable Street. Read by Harold Rosen’s son, Michael Rosen.

Audio Files

Listen to Michael Rosen read from his books.

Centrally Heated Knickers

Discover the weird and wonderful world of Martians, woolly saucepans and centrally heated knickers in 100 poems about science and technology written by Michael Rosen.

Centrally Heated Knickers, Side One, read by Michael Rosen

Centrally Heated Knickers, Side Two, read by Michael Rosen

Centrally Heated Knickers, Side Three, read by Michael Rosen

Centrally Heated Knickers, Side Four, read by Michael Rosen

Quick, Let’s Get Out Of Here

The yucky things your brother does, the annoying things your parents say, the funny things you feel. Michael Rosen shares some of his most momentous moments and secret secrets. Learn about The Great Battle of the Washing Up; how to be an expert, even if it’s only because you can blow custard out of your nose; why Dad was hit by a tidal wave; and the real, true reason why Michael’s brother’s bed was sabotaged.

Michael Rosen