children's poetry, english

A collection of amusing verses by a variety of poets, including Emily Dickinson, Spike Milligan, Shakespeare, and others less well known.

Retells in poetry the daring adventures of the explorer who was the first Englishman to sail around the world; helped to defeat the Spanish Armada; and who, encouraged by Queen Elizabeth I, was a feared pirate in his time.

Old Mother Hubbard runs errand after errand for her remarkable dog.

A collection of poems for children with the various themes of self, family, going outside, and when it is time for bed.

A collection of poems, including "Mrs. Bhattarchaya's Chapati Zap Machine," "The Snake and the Apple," and "Freak Cat-flea.".

Illustrations portray a father and his child going fishing against a background of Stevenson's poem about nightly happenings in the light of the moon.

Presents fifteen nonsense limericks by nineteenth-century English author Edward Lear, accompanied by vivid illustrations.

An anthology of short poems inspired by food, from soup to dessert, and written by such poets as Lewis Carroll, Douglas Florian, A. A. Milne, and Edward Lear.

Presents a collection of rhyming verse and poems by popular children's author Roald Dahl, author of "James and the Giant Peach".

An illustrated version of the well-known poem about a wily spider who preys on the vanity and innocence of a little fly.