Dramatized Rhythm Plays Mother Goose and Traditional by John N. Richards The following rhythmic plays compiled by Mr. John N. Richards of the Newark Department of Physical Education have been devis…
Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was the most famous French fabulist and probably the most widely read French poet of the 17th century. According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understa…
PETER PATTER told them to me, All the little rimes, Whispered them among the bushes Half a hundred times. Peter lives upon a mountain Pretty near the sun, Knows the bears and birds and rabbits Near…
A collection of nonsense poems by Edward Lear, illustrated by Leslie Brooke, one of the most popular illustrators of the early twentieth century.
Why, isn't the dog the best playmate that a boy can have? Did any one ever hear of Towser or Gyp being false friends? And the soft, dainty, cunning bit of a fluffy ball of a kitten who comes rubbin…
A collection of forty-seven poems about subjects and experiences familiar to children.
Perfect for children, Aesop, in Rhyme - Old Friends in a New Dress by Marmaduke Park is wonderfully illustrated with twenty-four engravings. Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fable…
A collection of nonsense poems by Edward Lear
With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, Jo March -- now Jo Bhaer -- couldn't be happier. But despite the warm and affectionate help of the…