The Humpherys Family

Read-Aloud Poems Every Young Child Should Know

Record Added: 7/17/2010
A Favorite Book
Illustrator Marjorie Cooper
Topic Poetry
 Antique or Collectible
Publisher Rand McNally & Company
Year 1962
Age 4-8   Pages 72
Description Printed dustjacket
 
This lovely children's book is filled with sixty-two classic favorite poems ranging from works by A.A. Milne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ogden Nash, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning and many more, along with beautiful illustrations in both color and black and white on every page.

Beautiful illustrations - THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK OF ALL THE BEST POEMS - FAIRIES, PIRATES, ETC. Some Contents:
  • The Little House (an elf house) 
  • Wynken, Blynken, and Nod 
  • A Long Story (an old woman who lived in a giant's shoe) 
  • Animal Crackers (Love this little poem)
  • The Circus 
  • The Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee 
  • Finding Fairies 
  • The Tale of Custard the Dragon 
  • Three Little Witches 
  • There Once Was a Puffin 
  • Forest Lullaby

Notes
VERY VERY FAVORITE...!!!! A thousand gold stars! 
Also have green cloth cover from DI for $1.
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