Favorite Poems of Childhood

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Courier Corporation, 1992 M09 18 - 90 pages
This 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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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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Favorite Poems of Childhood
Philip Smith
Limited preview - 1992
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Philip Smith
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Phillip Smith
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Bibliographic information

TitleFavorite Poems of Childhood
Dover children's thrift classics
Thrift Classics
AuthorPhilip Smith
Illustrated byHarriet Golden
Editionillustrated
PublisherCourier Corporation, 1992
ISBN0486270890, 9780486270890
Length90 pages
  
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