The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children
Kenneth Grahame
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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) |