Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children
Kenneth Grahame
82 chapters · 2 h 18 min · English
Read by Leonard Wilson, BettyB, RecordingPerson, Damla Ozdemir, Phil Schempf, Lynne T and others
Anthologies
Play ☆ Favorite
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
Chapters
1 Preface 6 min 2 Merry are the Bells 1 min 3 Safe in Bed 1 min 4 Jenny Wren 1 min 5 Curly Locks 1 min 6 Pussy-Cat Mew 1 min 7 Draw a Pail of Water 1 min 8 I Saw a Ship A-Sailing 1 min 9 The Nut-Tree 1 min 10 My Maid Mary 1 min 11 The Wind and the Fisherman 1 min 12 Blow, Wind, Blow 1 min 13 All Busy 1 min 14 Winter Has Come 1 min 15 Poor Robin 1 min 16 I Have a Little Sister 1 min 17 In Marble Walls 1 min 18 The Moon by Eliza Lee Follen 1 min 19 The Star by A. and J. Taylor 1 min 20 Kitty by Mrs. E. Prentiss 1 min 21 Kitty: How to Treat Her 1 min 22 Kitty: What She Thinks of Herself by W.B. Rands 1 min 23 The Sea Shell by Amy Lowell 1 min 24 The Cuckoo 1 min 25 The Bird-Scarer's Song 1 min 26 Cradle Song 1 min 27 Good-Night! by A. and J. Taylor 1 min 28 Daffodils by W. Shakespeare 1 min 29 To Daffodils by R. Herrick 1 min 30 Daffodils by W. Wordsworth 1 min 31 The Months by Sara Coleridge 1 min 32 The Wind in a Frolic by William Howitt 3 min 33 The Four Sweet Months by R. Herrick 1 min 34 Glad Day by W.G. Robertson 1 min 35 Buttercups and Daisies by Mary Howitt 1 min 36 The Merry Month of March by W. Wordsworth 1 min 37 What the Birds Say by S.T. Coleridge 1 min 38 Spring's Procession by Sydney Dobell 2 min 39 The Call of the Woods by W. Shakespeare 1 min 40 A Prescription for a Spring Morning by John Davidson 1 min 41 The Country Faith by Norman Gale 1 min 42 The Butterfly's Ball by W. Roscoe 4 min 43 A Wish by Samuel Rogers 1 min 44 Wishing by W. Allingham 1 min 45 Bunches of Grapes by Walter Ramal 1 min 46 Contentment by Eugene Field 2 min 47 The Land of Story-Books by R.L. Stevenson 1 min 48 Sand Castles by W.G. Robertson 1 min 49 Ring o' Roses by W.G. Robertson 1 min 50 Wynken, Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field 2 min 51 The Drummer-Boy and the Shepherdess by W.B. Rands 1 min 52 The Land of Dreams by William Blake 1 min 53 Sweet and Low by Lord Tennyson 2 min 54 Cradle Song by Sir Walter Scott 1 min 55 Mother and I by Eugene Field 2 min 56 The Fairies by W. Allingham 2 min 57 Shakespeare's Fairies by W. Shakespeare 4 min 58 The Lavender Beds by W.B. Rands 2 min 59 Farewell to the Fairies by Richard Corbet 2 min 60 Death of Oberon by G.W. Thornbury 1 min 61 Kilmeny by James Hogg 6 min 62 A Boy's Song by James Hogg 1 min 63 A Girl's Song by Thomas Moore 1 min 64 Three Things to Remember by William Blake 1 min 65 The Knight of Bethlehem by H.N. Maugham 1 min 66 The Lamb by William Blake 1 min 67 The Tiger by William Blake 1 min 68 I Had a Dove by J. Keats 1 min 69 Robin Redbreast by W. Allingham 2 min 70 Black Bunny by W.B. Rands 2 min 71 The Cow by A. and J. Taylor 1 min 72 The Skylark by James Hogg 1 min 73 Christmas Eve by John Davidson 2 min 74 A Christmas Carol by R. Herrick 2 min 75 A Child's Present by R. Herrick 1 min 76 The Peace-Giver by A.C. Swinburne 1 min 77 To a Singer by P.B. Shelley 2 min 78 The Happy Piper by William Blake 1 min 79 The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron 2 min 80 Sheridan's Ride by T. Buchanan Read 3 min 81 Columbus by Joaquin Miller 2 min 82 Horatius by Lord Macaulay 27 min
