Edward Lear
A Book of Nonsense
Read by Phil Chenevert
In 1846 Lear published A Book of Nonsense, a volume of limericks that went through three editions and helped popularize the form. This book …
In the Nursery of My Bookhouse
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Full of delightful nursery rhymes, charming poems and engaging stories, folk and fairy tales, this is the first volume of the "My Bookh…
Coffee Break Collection 007 - Travel
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This is the seventh collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in le…
Vintage Verse Rhapsody: A Poetry Collection
Read by Bob Gonzalez
A collection of poetry selected and performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode. Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece were “song-stitchers,” performing selec…
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
A selection of nonsense poems, songs (not sung!), stories, and miscellaneous strangeness. The work includes the "Owl and the Pussycat&q…
Children's Short Works, Vol. 005
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LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 005: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Short Poetry Collection 094
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This is a collection of poems recorded by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2011.
Nonsense Verses
Read by Phil Chenevert
This is a collection of some of the delightful nonsense verses and stories by Edward Lear. A lot of them are also my favorites. The Jumblies…
Grandma Janice's Poems and Stories
Read by Janice Green
The poems and stories in this collection were selected with the reader’s grandchildren in mind. “The Raggedy Man” and “Little Orphant Annie,…
Bed Time Stories for Aidan Christopher
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Bed time Stories for Aidan Christopher is a collection of: Favorite stories submitted and read by the Volunteers at LibriVox. This project h…
Short Poetry Collection 096
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of April and May 2011.
The Owl and the Pussycat
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LibriVox's weekly poetry project for the week of January 22, 2006: The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first…
Laughable Lyrics
Read by roeg11
Hilarious, fantastic poems that I enjoyed reading to my two sons when they were little. Now I'd like to read them for anyone's children to e…
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 1)
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The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
Short Poetry Collection 118
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2013.
Sea Poems: An Idiosyncratic Selection
Read by David Wales
Seventeen poems about the sea or in which the sea plays an important role. - Summary by david wales
Short Poetry Collection 063
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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 063: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Children's Short Works, Vol. 019
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LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 019: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Short Poetry Collection 006
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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 006: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Soup of Alphabets, Volume 003
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This third "stove-top" full of Alphabet Soups --again-- runs the fullest gamut! It ranges from country scenes (Alphabets of Fruits…
Soup of Alphabets, Volume 002
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A second helping of Alphabet Books! This collection has a wide-ranging variety of short books, and not only for younger readers, but also fo…
Short Poetry Collection 085
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2010.
Short Poetry Collection 126
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This is a collection of 20 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2013.
Poetic Trios
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We selected some of our favourite poets for this collection, including Dante, Fitzgerald, Keats, Barrett Browning, Lear, Carroll, Milton, Mo…
Short Poetry Collection 100
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2011.
Short Poetry Collection 074
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This is a collection of poems for the month of December 2008.
Short Poetry Collection 062
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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 062: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Short Poetry Collection 005
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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 005: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Short Poetry Collection 200
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This is a collection of 65 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2020.
The Jumblies
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Jumblies by Edward Lear. This was the fortnightly poetry project for March 8th, 2009.
Short Poetry Collection 072
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of October 2008.
Short Poetry Collection 068
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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 068: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.
Short Poetry Collection 108
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2012.
Children's Short Works, Vol. 038
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Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 038: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Poetic Duets
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This selection of poems has many favourites from authors such as Edward Lear and Robert Browning, as well as less well known authors. We hop…
Children's Short Works, Vol. 031
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Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 031: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Short Poetry Collection 163
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This is a collection of 31 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2016. It also includes a long poem, The Legend of Jubal by George …
Short Poetry Collection 069
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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 069: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.
Short Poetry Collection 061
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LibriVox's New Short Poetry Collection 061: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Silly Verses: Selections From Shores, Carroll, Lear, and Gilbert
Read by David Wales
Silly and fun verses beginning with the lesser known Robert J. Shores and going on to the more known Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, and W.S. Gi…
Coffee Break Collection 036 - Cats
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This is the 36th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
Short Poetry Collection 145
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This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2015.
Short Poetry Collection 212
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This is a collection of 56 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2021.
Short Poetry Collection 077
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of March 2009.
Short Poetry Collection 146
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This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2015.
Short Poetry Collection 224
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This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2022.
Children's Short Works, Vol. 045
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Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 045: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Short Poetry Collection 230
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This is a collection of 47 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2022.
Short Poetry Collection 221
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This is a collection of 48 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for October 2021.
Short Poetry Collection 232
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This is a collection of 42 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2022.