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The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children

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A collection of poems, many well-known or by famous writers for children, celebrating the joys of life for children and avoiding the all-too-common subject of death. Selected and edited by Kenneth Grahame. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (2 hr 17 min)

Chapters

Preface

5:38

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

Merry are the Bells

1:18

Read by BettyB

Safe in Bed

0:28

Read by BettyB

Jenny Wren

0:41

Read by BettyB

Curly Locks

0:28

Read by BettyB

Pussy-Cat Mew

0:26

Read by BettyB

Draw a Pail of Water

0:26

Read by BettyB

I Saw a Ship A-Sailing

0:47

Read by BettyB

The Nut-Tree

0:33

Read by BettyB

My Maid Mary

0:31

Read by RecordingPerson

The Wind and the Fisherman

0:34

Read by RecordingPerson

Blow, Wind, Blow

0:28

Read by RecordingPerson

All Busy

0:26

Read by RecordingPerson

Winter Has Come

0:26

Read by Damla Ozdemir

Poor Robin

0:28

Read by Damla Ozdemir

I Have a Little Sister

0:34

Read by Damla Ozdemir

In Marble Walls

0:37

Read by RecordingPerson

The Moon by Eliza Lee Follen

0:51

Read by RecordingPerson

The Star by A. and J. Taylor

1:02

Read by RecordingPerson

Kitty by Mrs. E. Prentiss

1:19

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

Kitty: How to Treat Her

0:33

Read by Damla Ozdemir

Kitty: What She Thinks of Herself by W.B. Rands

0:41

Read by Damla Ozdemir

The Sea Shell by Amy Lowell

0:44

Read by Damla Ozdemir

The Cuckoo

0:34

Read by Damla Ozdemir

The Bird-Scarer's Song

0:28

Read by Damla Ozdemir

Cradle Song

0:41

Read by Damla Ozdemir

Good-Night! by A. and J. Taylor

0:56

Read by Phil Schempf

Daffodils by W. Shakespeare

0:28

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

To Daffodils by R. Herrick

1:10

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

Daffodils by W. Wordsworth

1:26

Read by Lynne T

The Months by Sara Coleridge

1:19

Read by BettyB

The Wind in a Frolic by William Howitt

3:01

Read by BettyB

The Four Sweet Months by R. Herrick

0:43

Read by BettyB

Glad Day by W.G. Robertson

1:17

Read by Phil Schempf

Buttercups and Daisies by Mary Howitt

0:50

Read by Damla Ozdemir

The Merry Month of March by W. Wordsworth

1:11

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

What the Birds Say by S.T. Coleridge

0:53

Read by Phil Schempf

Spring's Procession by Sydney Dobell

1:48

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Call of the Woods by W. Shakespeare

1:03

Read by Jude

A Prescription for a Spring Morning by John Davidson

1:16

Read by Vittoria Conn

The Country Faith by Norman Gale

0:49

Read by Jude

The Butterfly's Ball by W. Roscoe

4:00

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

A Wish by Samuel Rogers

1:10

Read by Vittoria Conn

Wishing by W. Allingham

1:09

Read by RecordingPerson

Bunches of Grapes by Walter Ramal

0:46

Read by RecordingPerson

Contentment by Eugene Field

2:30

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Land of Story-Books by R.L. Stevenson

1:22

Read by Damla Ozdemir

Sand Castles by W.G. Robertson

1:18

Read by Phil Schempf

Ring o' Roses by W.G. Robertson

1:04

Read by Damla Ozdemir

Wynken, Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field

2:26

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Drummer-Boy and the Shepherdess by W.B. Rands

1:21

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Land of Dreams by William Blake

1:17

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

Sweet and Low by Lord Tennyson

1:54

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

Cradle Song by Sir Walter Scott

1:21

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

Mother and I by Eugene Field

1:56

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Fairies by W. Allingham

2:10

Read by Patrick Saville

Shakespeare's Fairies by W. Shakespeare

3:52

Read by Patrick Saville

The Lavender Beds by W.B. Rands

1:32

Read by Patrick Saville

Farewell to the Fairies by Richard Corbet

1:54

Read by Patrick Saville

Death of Oberon by G.W. Thornbury

0:56

Read by Patrick Saville

Kilmeny by James Hogg

6:26

Read by Patrick Saville

A Boy's Song by James Hogg

1:12

Read by RecordingPerson

A Girl's Song by Thomas Moore

1:14

Read by RecordingPerson

Three Things to Remember by William Blake

0:44

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Knight of Bethlehem by H.N. Maugham

0:50

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Lamb by William Blake

1:27

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Tiger by William Blake

1:18

Read by Lynne T

I Had a Dove by J. Keats

0:50

Read by Damla Ozdemir

Robin Redbreast by W. Allingham

1:46

Read by Vittoria Conn

Black Bunny by W.B. Rands

2:05

Read by Vittoria Conn

The Cow by A. and J. Taylor

0:43

Read by Phil Schempf

The Skylark by James Hogg

1:20

Read by Vittoria Conn

Christmas Eve by John Davidson

1:55

Read by BettyB

A Christmas Carol by R. Herrick

1:39

Read by BettyB

A Child's Present by R. Herrick

1:12

Read by BettyB

The Peace-Giver by A.C. Swinburne

1:27

Read by Vittoria Conn

To a Singer by P.B. Shelley

1:42

Read by Vittoria Conn

The Happy Piper by William Blake

1:19

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron

2:19

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

Sheridan's Ride by T. Buchanan Read

3:10

Read by Vittoria Conn

Columbus by Joaquin Miller

2:21

Read by Phil Schempf

Horatius by Lord Macaulay

26:54

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)