Favorite Poems of ChildhoodThis charming volume contains a rich selection of familiar, time honored poems that have delighted generations of young readers. Culled from the works of a roster of renowned poets, they include such favorites as Lewis Carroll's "The Walrus and the Carpenter, " Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussy-cat, " Eugene Field's "Dutch Lullaby" ("Wynken, Blynken, and Nod"), Emily Dickinson's "I'm Nobody! Who are you?, " William Blake's "The Tyger, " Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Swing, " and many more. |
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User Review - ElizaJane - LibraryThingCollection of poetry that will appeal to children from short 4 line verses to longer story poems of several pages. This is a "Dover Thrift" book and does not have any illustrations to speak of there ... Read full review
Contents
The Land of Nod | 1 |
Hurt No Living Thing | 2 |
I Love Little Pussy | 3 |
Marys Lamb | 4 |
Holding Hands | 6 |
The Field Mouse | 7 |
Mr Finneys Turnip | 8 |
What Do We Plant? | 9 |
The Owl and the Pussycat | 46 |
Antigonish | 48 |
There Was a Little Girl | 49 |
A Magician | 50 |
King Arthur | 51 |
Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore | 52 |
The Rhyme of Dorothy Rose | 53 |
My Shadow | 54 |
A Wee Little Worm | 10 |
Trees | 11 |
Whisky Frisky | 12 |
Nurses Song | 13 |
The Three Little Kittens | 14 |
There Were Two Ghostesses | 15 |
Jabberwocky | 16 |
Only One Mother | 17 |
The Cow | 18 |
The Duel | 19 |
The Moons the North Winds Cooky | 21 |
Mr Moon | 22 |
Judging by Appearances | 23 |
The DinkeyBird | 24 |
The Elf and the Dormouse | 26 |
The Little Elf | 27 |
The Fairies | 28 |
An Unsuspected Fact | 31 |
Minnie and Winnie | 32 |
A SeaSong from the Shore | 33 |
Ducks Ditty | 34 |
Swimming | 35 |
The Fisherman | 36 |
O Sailor Come Ashore | 37 |
Dutch Lullaby | 38 |
The Walrus and the Carpenter | 40 |
Laughing Song | 44 |
What Is Pink? | 45 |
A Tragedy | 55 |
The Pantry Ghosts | 56 |
Mr Coggs Watchmaker | 57 |
Little Boy Blue | 58 |
The Quangle Wangles Hat | 59 |
The Butter Betty Bought | 61 |
Barbershop | 63 |
The Raggedy Man | 64 |
Great Fleas Have Little Fleas | 65 |
The Peppery Man | 66 |
August | 67 |
The Mayor of Scuttleton | 68 |
Armies in the Fire | 69 |
The Star | 70 |
The Tyger | 71 |
The Childrens Hour | 72 |
TenderHeartedness | 73 |
Windy Nights | 74 |
The Whango Tree | 75 |
Little Orphant Annie | 76 |
Thanksgiving Day | 78 |
Extremes | 79 |
The Swing | 81 |
The Eagle | 82 |
Im Nobody Who Are You? | 83 |
Eldorado | 84 |
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Common terms and phrases
ANONYMOUS Arthur beautiful began birds blue bright butter Carpenter CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Crumpetty Tree dear Dinkey-Bird door dream Ducks EDWARD EUGENE FIELD eyes fear feet fire fleas flue Frisky Godfrey Gordon Gustavus goes GOLDEN Gordon Gustavus Gore GRAHAM green grew ground grow hand head heard heart Holding Hundreds JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY King Lady lamb land laugh light little girl live looked Mary mee-ow mittens Moon mother never night nose OLIVER HERFORD Oysters Peppery pink plant play Pussy Quangle Wangle Raggedy ring river ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Rose sail scolded shadow shining shoe shore shut singing Song stars sweet tails tell things thought Three Little Kittens Till tree turned twinkle Tyger walk Walrus Watch whango tree wind wish wood worm young
Bibliographic information
| Title | Favorite Poems of Childhood Dover children's thrift classics Thrift Classics |
| Author | Philip Smith |
| Illustrated by | Harriet Golden |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Courier Corporation, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0486270890, 9780486270890 |
| Length | 90 pages |
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