An Illustrated Treasury of Read-Aloud Poems for Young People Book

	Nature's People
	Choosing Their Names	12
	The Kitten at Play	13
	The Lion	14
	Lone Dog	14
	The Cow	15
	The Fly	16
	Caterpillar	17
	Fireflies	17
	The Tiger	18
	The Sandpiper	19
	The Camel's Complaint	20
	The Frog	21
	The Blind Man and the Elephant	22
	That Cat	25
	The Butterfly's Day	26
	The Eagle	27
	The Hen	27
	The Robin	28
	The Codfish	28
	The Shark	29
	On the Grasshopper and the Cricket	30
	The Crocodile	30
	To a Butterfly	31
	The Bee	32
	Two Birds and Their Nest	34
	The Lion	34
	The Snake	35
	The Chameleon	36
	The Snail	37
	Meet the Family
	The Reading Mother	41
	When Mother Reads Aloud	42
	The Children's Hour	43
	Mother's Jewels	44
	Brother and Sister	45
	A Boy and His Dad	48
	Choosing a Name	49
	My Little Girl	50
	"One, Two, Three"	51
	Our Son	52
	The New England Boy's Song	54
	To a New Baby	57
	Just Me
	My Shadow	61
	Escape at Bedtime	61
	Me	62
	Afternoon on a Hill	63
	Just Me	63
	Block City	64
	Seven Times One	66
	In the Summer When I Go to Bed	67
	The Land of Counterpane	71
	Life Doesn't Frighten Me	72
	Friendship and Love
	Love and Friendship	76
	A Boy's Song	77
	The Pasture	78
	Laughing Song	78
	Rondeau	80
	Laughing Lyrics
	The Mock Turtle's Song	82
	A Tragic Story	83
	Jabberwocky	85
	A Trip to Morrow	86
	The Walrus and the Carpenter	87
	The Elf and the Dormouse	91
	The Yak	92
	Have You Ever Seen?	92
	Words	93
	The Owl and the Pussy-Cat	94
	The Pobble Who Has No Toes	96
	Mr. Nobody	98
	Three Blind Mice	99
	The Purple Cow	102
	The Letters at School	103
	Poetry of the Earth--and Sky
	The Months	106
	The Cloud	107
	Who Has Seen the Wind?	107
	Trees	109
	Trees	109
	February Twilight	110
	The Snowflake	110
	The Wind	111
	Blossoms	112
	August	112
	Spring	113
	Rain	115
	The Daffodils	116
	The Storm	117
	Fog	117
	September	118
	November	120
	The Star	121
	I Heard a Bird Sing	122
	Silver	122
	The Moon's the North Wind's Cookie	124
	Poems that Tell Stories
	Hiawatha's Childhood	126
	Casey at the Bat	129
	Paul Revere's Ride	132
	The Spider and the Fly	137
	Matilda who Told Lies, and Was Burned to Death	139
	The Pied Piper of Hamelin	141
	A Visit from St. Nicholas	154
	Let's Pretend
	The Fairies	158
	In Fairyland	159
	The Little Elf	160
	The Plumpuppets	160
	Dreams	161
	Catching Fairies	163
	The Butterfly's Ball	164
	The Castle in the Fire	166
	The Unseen Playmate	167
	The Witches' Song	169
	The Sleepy Giant	170
	The Dorchester Giant	171
	Poems to Ponder
	All Things Bright and Beautiful	174
	The Bells	175
	Precious Stones	178
	If--	179
	Hope	180
	What is Pink?	181
	There is No Frigate Like a Book	182
	Abou Ben Adhem	184
	The Road Not Taken	185
	Sea Fever	186
	Music	187
	Caged Bird	188