Boys and Girls


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

A collection of charming poems by James W. Foley, Poet Laureate of North Dakota where he was also city editor of the Bismarck Tribune. Each poem is written from the point of view of children or about children. (Summary by Larry Wilson) (4 hr 22 min)

Chapters

Away 2:15 Read by Larry Wilson
The Reciprocity of Smiles 1:52 Read by Nichalia Schwartz
A Domestic Ripple 3:13 Read by Ellies
The Adams’s Boys 2:39 Read by mleigh
Billy Peeble’s Christmas 6:40 Read by Ellies
The Way He Used to Do 1:51 Read by Ellies
A Boy’s Vacation Time 2:35 Read by Ellies
A Boy’s Choice 2:27 Read by Ellies
A Discouraged Kindergartner 2:23 Read by ambsweet13
The Delusion of Ghosts 1:52 Read by mleigh
A Story of Self-Sacrifice 3:31 Read by Ellies
The Lost Child 2:17 Read by Ellies
Doughnutting Time 2:23 Read by ambsweet13
A Modern Miracle 1:16 Read by Josh Ausfahl
Nervoustown 2:42 Read by mleigh
Song of Summer Days 1:24 Read by mleigh
What Mother Doesn’t Know 2:40 Read by mleigh
So Lonesome Now 2:26 Read by nighthawks
A Little Love Story 2:26
On a Noiseless Fourth 2:29 Read by yaumixx
Conscious Ignorance 1:53 Read by nighthawks
The Playtime of Bachelor Bill 2:41 Read by Alan Mapstone
How Henry Blake Knows 1:42 Read by nighthawks
The Land of Blow Bubbles 3:06 Read by SmilingJade
The Gingercake Man 1:42 Read by lmcnatt
Lonesome 2:45 Read by mleigh
The Garden of Play 1:47 Read by Carli
We Ain’t Scared of Pa 1:55 Read by mleigh
A Pearl of Price 1:27 Read by Teamimono
Dear Little, Queer Little Man 2:08 Read by Damien1110
Girl of Mine 1:29 Read by samjn
Chums 2:18 Read by mleigh
The Lost Boy 1:52 Read by Damien1110
Lines to a Baby Girl 2:02 Read by Michelle Thompson
Little Mischefuss 2:16 Read by mleigh
The Travels of Mortimer Brown 3:06 Read by mleigh
Adventurers Three 2:29 Read by Teamimono
When They Love You So 2:03 Read by Jody Holman
Somebody Did 2:26 Read by mleigh
The Waders 2:24 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Prisoned Pupil 1:57 Read by Michele Eaton
A Prayer for Jimmy Banks 2:04 Read by mleigh
A Child’s Christmas Prayer 1:33
Henry Blake’s Chum 2:34 Read by nighthawks
Once Upon a Time 2:03
The Way to School 1:47 Read by Katelyn
A Present for Little Boy Blue 1:45 Read by Damien1110
The Evolution of an Adoption 2:02 Read by mleigh
Some Girls that Mamma Knew 2:16 Read by Ellies
Gone 1:44 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Neighbor’s Boys 2:17 Read by Kathleen Moore
A Quiet Afternoon 2:23 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Ownerless Toys 2:34 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Stranger 2:00 Read by Kathleen Moore
In Vacation Time 1:44 Read by Kathleen Moore
Bereaved 3:18 Read by Kathleen Moore
Two Little Maids 1:38 Read by nighthawks
A New Christmas Carol 2:44 Read by Jody Holman
The Reconciliation of Pa 2:39 Read by Ellies
A World without Care 1:26 Read by arisakinugawa
Right After School 3:15 Read by Jennifer Louise
A Plea for Old Friends 1:43 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Boyville Cadets 3:30 Read by mleigh
A Little Boy I Know 3:36 Read by Jennifer Louise
Asleep at the Circus 2:09 Read by Damien1110
The Barriers 3:06 Read by nighthawks
The Plaint of the New Doll 2:45 Read by Ellies
A Child’s Almanac 2:12 Read by Ellies
The Loser 2:58 Read by Jason Vu
Back to School 2:00 Read by Carli
Disenchantments 2:02 Read by Sebastian LaVine
A Rainy Night 1:35 Read by Sebastian LaVine
Kitchen Miracles 1:06 Read by Sebastian LaVine
Jim Brady’s Big Brother 1:54 Read by Sebastian LaVine
The Scapegoat 1:04 Read by Sebastian LaVine
A Tragedy of Center Field 2:04 Read by Sebastian LaVine
In Swimming 1:33 Read by Sebastian LaVine
An Unusual Chum 1:10 Read by Sebastian LaVine
And Just Then 2:49 Read by Alan Mapstone
Afterwards 1:32 Read by arisakinugawa
Circus Day 2:01 Read by Damien1110
The Tour of a Smile 2:26 Read by mleigh
When Grandpa Plays 2:42 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Parted Ways 1:53 Read by Damien1110
A Message Home 2:55 Read by Paul Harvey
Lullaby 1:22 Read by Damien1110
Disguising Toil 2:47 Read by mleigh
Little Girl with the Curls 2:03 Read by ambsweet13
My Wonderful Dad 4:04 Read by Astrid Weinmann
Remembrances, Bill 3:02 Read by Astrid Weinmann
The Bereavement 3:07 Read by MeelahMagnificent
In Childhood Time 2:16 Read by ChingYi
Don’t 1:36 Read by Damien1110
Extinguished 1:17 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Uncheered Hero 1:57 Read by mleigh
Old Hallowe’en Friends 2:24 Read by Grace Buchanan
A Refuge in Distress 1:59 Read by mleigh
The Lost Heart 3:34 Read by SmilingJade
Verses of a Little Child 2:28 Read by Grace Buchanan
Golden Days in Slowville 2:59 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Heart of a Child 1:48 Read by nighthawks
The Strenuous Life 1:32 Read by mleigh
A Song of Motherhood 3:02 Read by SmilingJade
Youth 2:08 Read by Alan Mapstone
After the Years 2:57 Read by SmilingJade
A Verse to Memory 1:55 Read by Damien1110
Lest I Forget 2:17 Read by HelenaDiamandiz
Echo of a Song 1:52 Read by lmcnatt
Lovers’ Lane 2:37 Read by Soeun (Kelly) Park
To Children at the Hearth 2:28 Read by Grace Buchanan
Daddy Knows 1:57 Read by mleigh
A Toast to the Small Boy 2:36 Read by Nicole Foxe
An Adventurous Day 3:06 Read by Nicole Foxe
Poem of the Foragers 2:12 Read by Larry Wilson