
A Child’s Thought
Listen to the lovely short children's poem by Robert Louis Stevenson about bedtime! Do you also have such amazing dreams? ...
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A Good Play
A children's poem by Robert Louis Stevenson We built a ship upon the stairsAll made of the back-bedroom chairs,And filled ...
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An Autumn Greeting
"Come" said the Wind to the Leaves one day."Come over the meadow and we will play.Put on your dresses of ...
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At the Seaside
A short but sweet summer poem by Robert Louis Stevenson When I was down beside the seaA wooden spade they ...
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Bed in Summer
A delightful children's poem by Robert Louis Stevenson In winter I get up at nightAnd dress by yellow candle-light.In summer ...
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Briar Rose
The original story of Sleeping Beauty, by the Brothers Grimm A king and queen once upon a time reigned in ...
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Buttercups and Daisies
Listen to this lovely children's springtime poem by Mary Howitt. Buttercups and daisies-Oh the pretty flowers,Coming ere the springtimeTo tell ...
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Escape at Bedtime
A sweet poem for children by Robert Louis Stevenson The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone outThrough the blinds ...
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Fall, Leaves, Fall
A lovely autumn poem by Emily Bronte Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away Lengthen Night and shorten day; Every leaf ...
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Foreign Lands
An adventure poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Up into the cherry treeWho should climb but little me?I held the trunk ...
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From a Railway Carriage
A delightful poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Faster than fairies, faster than witches,Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;And charging along ...
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How doth the Little Crocodile
A fun kid's poem by Lewis Carroll How doth the little crocodileImprove his shining tail,And pour the waters of the ...
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How Pleasant to know Mr Lear
A funny audio poem for children by Edward Lear How pleasant to know Mr. Lear,Who has written such volumes of ...
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Hush Little Baby
Hush, little baby, don't say a word,Papa's going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won't sing,Papa's going to ...
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I remember, I remember
A poem for kids, by Thomas Hood I remember, I remember,The house where I was born,The little window where the ...
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Jorinda and Jorindel
A fairytale by the Brothers Grimm There was once an old castle, that stood in the middle of a deep ...
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Lullaby, oh, Lullaby
A children's poem, by Christina Rossetti Lullaby, oh, lullaby!Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping;Lullaby, oh, lullaby!Stars are up, the ...
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Monday’s Child
The famous children's rhyme Monday's child is fair of face,Tuesday's child is full of grace,Wednesday's child is full of woe,Thursday's ...
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Mr & Mrs Spikkey Sparrow
A funny children's poem by Edward Lear On a little piece of wood,Mr. Spikky Sparrow stood;Mrs. Sparrow sate close by,A-making ...
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Picture-books in Winter
A poem for children by Robert Louis Stevenson Summer; fading, winter comes-Frosty mornings, tingling thumbsWindow robins, winter rooks,And the picture ...
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Pirate Story
An adventure poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,Three of us aboard ...
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Rain in Summer
A seasonal poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How beautiful is the rain!After the dust and heat,In the broad and fiery ...
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Robin Redbreast
A Christmas Poem by William Allingham Goodbye, goodbye to Summer!For Summer's nearly done;The garden smiling faintly,Cool breezes in the sun;Our ...
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Star Light
A sleepy rhyme Star Light Star bright,The first star I see tonight,I wish I may, I wish I might,Have the ...
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Summer Sun
A happy summer poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Great is the sun, and wide he goesThrough empty heaven without repose;And ...
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Swing, Swing
A fun poem by William Allingham Swing, swing,Sing, sing,Here's my throne, and I am King!Swing, sing,Swing, sing,Farewell earth, for I'm ...
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The Dog and the Shadow
A wonderful telling of the Aesop fable; a poem by Richard Scrafton Sharpe A hungry dog some meat had seized,And, ...
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The Duck & the Kangaroo
A great poem for kids by Edward Lear Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,"Good gracious! how you hop!Over the fields ...
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The Fly-Away Horse
A lovely bedtime poem for children by Eugene Field Oh, a wonderful horse is the Fly-Away Horse -Perhaps you have ...
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The Jumblies
They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,In a Sieve they went to sea:In spite of all their friends ...
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The Land of Nod
A dreamy poem for children by Robert Louis Stevenson From breakfast on through all the dayAt home among my friends ...
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The Lobster-quadrille
The funny poem by Lewis Carroll. "Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,"There's a porpoise ...
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The Mouse, the Cock and the Cat
A cautionary tale by Richard Scrafton Sharpe A Silly young MouseVentur'd out of the house,In spite of his mother's advice;And, ...
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The New Vestments
A very funny poem by Edward Lear There lived an old man in the kingdom of Tess,Who invented a purely ...
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The Night Before Christmas
The famous Christmas Poem by Clement Clarke Moore 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a ...
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The North Wind
The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow,And what will poor robin do then, poor thing?He'll sit in ...
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The Owl & the Pussycat
The famous poem by Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussycat went to seaIn a beautiful pea-green boat,They took some ...
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The Rainbow
A lovely poem by Christina Rossetti Boats sail on the rivers,And ships sail on the seas;But clouds that sail across ...
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The Rock and the Bubble
A lovely moral poem by Louisa May Alcott .. Oh! a bare, brown rockStood up in the sea,The waves at ...
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The Straw, The Coal and The Bean
A strange trio in this short story for kids by the Brothers Grimm In a village dwelt a poor old ...
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The Sun’s Travels
A poem for kids by Robert Louis Stevenson The sun is not a-bed, when IAt night upon my pillow lie;Still ...
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Topsy Turvey World
A delightful poem by William Brighty Rands If the butterfly courted the bee,And the owl the porcupine;If the churches were ...
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Whether the weather
A rhyme about the weather Whether the weather be fine,Or whether the weather be not,Whether the weather be cold,Or whether ...
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Windy Nights
A poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Whenever the moon and stars are set,Whenever the wind is high,All night long in ...
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Winter Time
A wintry poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. Late lies the wintry sun a-bed,A frosty, fiery sleepy-head;Blinks but an hour or ...
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Wynken, Blynken and Nod
A lovely bedtime poem Eugene Field. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one nightSailed off in a wooden shoe---Sailed on a river ...
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