A CHILD'S OWN BOOK OF VERSE, BOOK Three

by Ada Skinner


Description: Third volume of A Child's Own Book of Verse, a three-volume set planned for use during the four primary years. This unusually fine collection of poetry was selected with the child's interests in mind. Includes sound rhymes and jingles to appeal to the ear, descriptive poems to create images in the mind's eye, lullabies and lyrics to warm the heart, and story-telling poems to stir the imagination. Attractively illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham.


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Ages:  7-10
Length:  130 pages
Format:  Paperback, Ebook
Illustrations: Black and white
Year published:  2006
ISBN:  978-1-59915-053-6
Genres:  Poetry

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Table of Contents

1. White Horses
2. The World of Wonder 
3. Gaelic Lullaby 
4. The Windy Night 
5. The Brook 
6. On the Desert 
7. The Owlet 
8. A Canadian Folk-Song 
9. An Old Song Re-sung 
10. Robert of Lincoln 
11. Out in the Cold 
12. Milking Song 
13. Scythe Song 
14. White Butterflies 
15. The Green Gnome 
16. A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea 
17. Chanticleer 
18. Verse 
19. Daffodil 
20. The Pine Lady 
21. Song of Illyrian Peasants 
22. The Old, Old Song 
23. The Eagle 
24. The Sands of Dee 
25. The Tiger 
26. Ghost Fairies 
27. Kentucky Babe 
28. Fairy Dawn 
29. Song of the Elf 
30. Song for Music 
31. The Fairy Queen 
32. Lullaby for Titania 
33. Over Hill, Over Dale 
34. Dirge on the Death of Oberon, the Fairy King 
35. Verse 
36. On the Grasshopper and the Cricket 
37. To Daffodils 
38. Daisies 
39. The Cloud 
40. Auld Daddy Darkness 
41. Wee Davie Daylight 

42. The Sea
43. Old Winter 
44. The First Snow Fall 
45. The Unbroken Song 
46. De Sheepfol' 
47. March 
48. Home Thoughts from Abroad 
49. Verse 
50. Hunting Song 
51. The Bugle Song 
52. The Hag 
53. The Dustman 
54. Cuddle Doon 
55. Requiem 
56. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates 
57. The Chambered Nautilus 
58. To an Autumn Leaf 
59. The Captain Stood on the Carronade 
60. The Whale 
61. The Cavalier's Escape 
62. The Salcombe Seaman's Flaunt 
63. Lord Lovel 
64. Jane Jones 
65. Sir Patrick Spens 
66. How Sleep the Brave 
67. The Burial of Sir John Moore 
68. The Pied Piper of Hamelin 
69. Allen-a-Dale 
70. The Bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee 
71. The Campbells Are Comin' 
72. My Heart's in the Highlands 
73. The Skeleton in Armor 
74. Ceremonies for Christmas 
75. The Inchcape Rock 
76. The Forsaken Merman 
77. The Charge of the Light Brigade 
78. The Star-Spangled Banner 
79. Battle Hymn of the Republic 
80. Paul Revere's Ride 
81. Nathan Hale

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