Philip Smith 
Favorite Poems of Childhood 

Superb treasury of time-honored poetic gems includes Lewis Carroll’s ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter, ‘ Edward Lear’s ‘The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, ‘ Eugene Field’s ‘Wynken, Blynken and Nod, ‘ Emily Dickinson’s ‘I’m Nobody! Who are you?, ‘ Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘The Swing, ‘ many more. Printed in large, easy-to-read type.

Table of Content

The Land of Nod, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Hurt No Living Thing, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

The Cat of Cats, WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS

I Love Little Pussy, JANE TAYLOR

Mary’s Lamb, SARAH JOSEPHA HALE

Holding Hands, LENORE M. LINK

The Field Mouse, WILLIAM SHARP

Mr. Finney’s Turnip, ANONYMOUS

What Do We Plant?, HENRY ABBEY

A Wee Little Worm, JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Trees, JOYCE KILMER

Trees, SARA COLERIDGE

A Frisky Lamb, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Whisky Frisky, ANONYMOUS

Nurse’s Song, WILLIAM BLAKE

The Three Little Kittens, ELIZA LEE FOLLEN

There Were Two Ghostesses, ANONYMOUS

Jabberwocky, LEWIS CARROLL

Only One Mother, GEORGE COOPER

The Cow, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Tomorrow’s the Fair, ANONYMOUS

The Duel, EUGENE FIELD

The Moon’s the North Wind’s Cooky, VACHEL LINDSAY

Mr. Moon, BLISS CARMAN

Judging by Appearances, EMILIE POULSSON

The Dinkey-Bird, EUGENE FIELD

The Elf and the Dormouse, OLIVER HERFORD

The Little Elf, JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

The Fairies, WILLIAM ALLINGHAM

An Unexpected Fact, EDWARD CANNON

Minnie and Winnie, ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON

A Sea-Song from the Shore, JAMES WHITECOMB RILEY

Duck’s Ditty, KENNETH GRAHAME

Swimming, CLINTON SCOLLARD

If, ANONYMOUS

The Fisherman, ABBIE FARWELL BROWN

O Sailor, Come Ashore, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

In the Night, ANONYMOUS

Dutch Lullaby, EUGENE FIELD

The Walrus and the Carpenter, LEWIS CARROLL

Laughing Song, WILLIAM BLAKE

The Man in the Wilderness, ANONYMOUS

What Is Pink?, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

The Purple Cow, GELETT BURGESS

The Owl, and the Pussy-cat, EDWARD LEAR

Antigonish, HUGHES MEARNS

There Was a Little Girl, ANONYMOUS

A Magician, EUNICE WARD

King Arthur, ANONYMOUS

The Young Lady of Niger, ANONYMOUS

Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore, WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS

The Rhyme of Dorothy Rose, PAULINE FRANCES CAMP

My Shadow, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

A Tragedy, DORIS WEBB

The Pantry Ghosts, FREDERIC RICHARDSON

Mr. Coggs, Watchmaker, EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS

Little Boy Blue, EUGENE FIELD

The Quangle Wangle’s Hat, EDWARD LEAR

The Butter Betty Bought, ANONYMOUS

Barbershop, MARTIN GARDNER

The Raggedy Man, JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Great Fleas Have Little Fleas, A. DE MORGAN

The Peppery Man, ARTHUR MACY

August, CELIA THAXTER

The Mayor of Scuttleton, MARY MAPES DODGE

Aunt Eliza, HARRY GRAHAM

Armies in the Fire, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

The Star, JANE TAYLOR

The Tyger, WILLIAM BLAKE

The Children’s Hour, HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Tender-Heartedness, HARRY GRAHAM

Windy Nights, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

October, THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

The Whango Tree, ANONYMOUS

Little Orphant Annie, JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Thanksgiving Day, LYDIA MARIA CHILD

Extremes, JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

The Swing, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

A Flea and a Fly in a Flue, ANONYMOUS

The Eagle, ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON

Who Has Seen the Wind?, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

I’m Nobody! Who Are You?, EMILY DICKINSON

November Night, ADELAIDE CRAPSEY

Eldorado, EDGAR ALLAN POE