This charming volume contains a rich selection of familiar, timehonored poems that have delighted generations of young readers. Culled from the works of a roster of renowned poets,they include such favorites as Lewis Carroll's "'The Walrus and the Carpenter," Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussy-cat,"Eugene Field's "Dutch Lullaby" ("Wynken, Blynken, and Nod"),Emily Dickinson's "I'm Nobody! Who are you?," William Blake's "The Tyger," Robert Louis Stevenson's "'The Swing" and many more.Printed in large easy-to-read type and enhanced by six full-page illustrations by Harriet Golden, these works comprise a rich heritage of poetic enjoyment that today's children will delight in discovering and adults will recall with pleasure.

The Cat of Cats

I am the cat of cats.I am

The everlasting cat!

Cunning,and old,and sleek as jam,

The everlasting cat!

I hunt the vermin in the night--

The everlasting cat!

For I see best without the light--

The everlasting cat!

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 U. 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

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