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1) A child's garden of verses

Author

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Series

Storytime Classics
Storytime Books - Classics
Scribner illustrated classics

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A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. Illustrated with antique pictures by some well-known children's book illustrators.

2) Now we are six

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A collection of poetry, including King John's Christmas, Sneezles, Us Two, Cradle Song, and other poems from the life and imagination of a small child.

3) Cautionary tales for children

Author

Belloc, Hilaire

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One of Hilaire Belloc's most famous works, "Cautionary Tales for Children" satirizes a genre of admonitory children's literature popular in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The seven stories contained in this work are macabre parodies of childhood lessons, and will entertain more sophisticated readers who can appreciate these tales of disproportionate punishment. Presented in a classic picture book style, illustrators have captured the...

4) The Quangle Wangle's hat

Author

Lear, Edward

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Life is lonely for Mr. Quangle Wangle, high up in a tree, until Mr. and Mrs. Canary ask permission to build a home in his huge hat.

5) The owl and the pussycat

Author

Lear, Edward

Series

Scholastic cassettes

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After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, the owl and the pussycat finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married, in this illustrated version of Lear's nonsense poem.

6) Nonsense!

Author

Lear, Edward

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A selection of nonsense verses, each beginning with the phrase "There was an old. . ." or "There was a young. . .," with photographic illustrations.

7) Jabberwocky: the classic poem from Lewis Carroll's Through the looking glass, and what Alice found there

Author

Carroll, Lewis

Series

Visions in poetry

8) Who's been sleeping in my porridge?: a book of wacky poems and pictures

Author

McNaughton, Colin

Description

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A collection of poems that take a look at the grosser, weirder, funnier side of life, including "A Giant Gorilla Came Up to Me," "Itchy Feet," and "If Ever Aliens."

9) Good night, sleep tight: a poem for every night of the year! : 366 poems to bring you the sweetest of dreams

10) Calling all toddlers

Author

Simon, Francesca

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Rhyming verses describe activities that toddlers enjoy, such as splashing, stomping, and making faces.

11) The complete book of the flower fairies

Author

Barker, Cicely Mary

Series

Flower fairies friends

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Presents all the "Flower Fairies" verse, including the fairy poems and illustrations from various other books in print.

12) Mary Middling, and other silly folk nursery rhymes and nonsense poems

Author

Fyleman, Rose

Description

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A collection of silly folk nursery rhymes and nonsense verses.

13) Once upon a poem: favorite poems that tell stories

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Collection of stories told in verse. The most exciting and enjoyable stories ever told in verse, illustrated throughout in full color and beautifully presented.