Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children
Kenneth Grahame
Play
Length 2 h 18 min
Chapters 81
First published 1916
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 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 5:38
2
Safe in Bed Read by BettyB 0:28
3
Jenny Wren Read by BettyB 0:41
4
Curly Locks Read by BettyB 0:28
5
Pussy-Cat Mew Read by BettyB 0:26
6
Draw a Pail of Water Read by BettyB 0:26
7
I Saw a Ship A-Sailing Read by BettyB 0:47
8
The Nut-Tree Read by BettyB 0:33
9
My Maid Mary Read by RecordingPerson 0:31
10
The Wind and the Fisherman Read by RecordingPerson 0:34
11
Blow, Wind, Blow Read by RecordingPerson 0:28
12
All Busy Read by RecordingPerson 0:26
13
Winter Has Come Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:26
14
Poor Robin Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:28
15
I Have a Little Sister Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:34
16
In Marble Walls Read by RecordingPerson 0:37
17
The Moon by Eliza Lee Follen Read by RecordingPerson 0:51
18
The Star by A. and J. Taylor Read by RecordingPerson 1:02
19
Kitty by Mrs. E. Prentiss Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:19
20
Kitty: How to Treat Her Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:33
21
Kitty: What She Thinks of Herself by W.B. Rands Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:41
22
The Sea Shell by Amy Lowell Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:44
23
The Cuckoo Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:34
24
The Bird-Scarer's Song Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:28
25
Cradle Song Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:41
26
Good-Night! by A. and J. Taylor Read by Phil Schempf 0:56
27
Daffodils by W. Shakespeare Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 0:28
28
To Daffodils by R. Herrick Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:10
29
Daffodils by W. Wordsworth Read by Lynne T 1:26
30
The Months by Sara Coleridge Read by BettyB 1:19
31
The Wind in a Frolic by William Howitt Read by BettyB 3:01
32
The Four Sweet Months by R. Herrick Read by BettyB 0:43
33
Glad Day by W.G. Robertson Read by Phil Schempf 1:17
34
Buttercups and Daisies by Mary Howitt Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:50
35
The Merry Month of March by W. Wordsworth Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:11
36
What the Birds Say by S.T. Coleridge Read by Phil Schempf 0:53
37
Spring's Procession by Sydney Dobell Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:48
38
The Call of the Woods by W. Shakespeare Read by Jude 1:03
39
A Prescription for a Spring Morning by John Davidson Read by Vittoria Conn 1:16
40
The Country Faith by Norman Gale Read by Jude 0:49
41
The Butterfly's Ball by W. Roscoe Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 4:00
42
A Wish by Samuel Rogers Read by Vittoria Conn 1:10
43
Wishing by W. Allingham Read by RecordingPerson 1:09
44
Bunches of Grapes by Walter Ramal Read by RecordingPerson 0:46
45
Contentment by Eugene Field Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 2:30
46
The Land of Story-Books by R.L. Stevenson Read by Damla Ozdemir 1:22
47
Sand Castles by W.G. Robertson Read by Phil Schempf 1:18
48
Ring o' Roses by W.G. Robertson Read by Damla Ozdemir 1:04
49
Wynken, Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 2:26
50
The Drummer-Boy and the Shepherdess by W.B. Rands Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:21
51
The Land of Dreams by William Blake Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:17
52
Sweet and Low by Lord Tennyson Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:54
53
Cradle Song by Sir Walter Scott Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:21
54
Mother and I by Eugene Field Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:56
55
The Fairies by W. Allingham Read by Patrick Saville 2:10
56
Shakespeare's Fairies by W. Shakespeare Read by Patrick Saville 3:52
57
The Lavender Beds by W.B. Rands Read by Patrick Saville 1:32
58
Farewell to the Fairies by Richard Corbet Read by Patrick Saville 1:54
59
Death of Oberon by G.W. Thornbury Read by Patrick Saville 0:56
60
Kilmeny by James Hogg Read by Patrick Saville 6:26
61
A Boy's Song by James Hogg Read by RecordingPerson 1:12
62
A Girl's Song by Thomas Moore Read by RecordingPerson 1:14
63
Three Things to Remember by William Blake Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 0:44
64
The Knight of Bethlehem by H.N. Maugham Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 0:50
65
The Lamb by William Blake Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:27
66
The Tiger by William Blake Read by Lynne T 1:18
67
I Had a Dove by J. Keats Read by Damla Ozdemir 0:50
68
Robin Redbreast by W. Allingham Read by Vittoria Conn 1:46
69
Black Bunny by W.B. Rands Read by Vittoria Conn 2:05
70
The Cow by A. and J. Taylor Read by Phil Schempf 0:43
71
The Skylark by James Hogg Read by Vittoria Conn 1:20
72
Christmas Eve by John Davidson Read by BettyB 1:55
73
A Christmas Carol by R. Herrick Read by BettyB 1:39
74
A Child's Present by R. Herrick Read by BettyB 1:12
75
The Peace-Giver by A.C. Swinburne Read by Vittoria Conn 1:27
76
To a Singer by P.B. Shelley Read by Vittoria Conn 1:42
77
The Happy Piper by William Blake Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:19
78
The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 2:19
79
Sheridan's Ride by T. Buchanan Read Read by Vittoria Conn 3:10
80
Columbus by Joaquin Miller Read by Phil Schempf 2:21
81
Horatius by Lord Macaulay Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 26:54
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