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Author(s): Belloc, Hilaire; Blake, William; Browning, Robert; Carroll, Lewis; Causley, Charles; Clare, John; Cowper, William; de la Mare, Walter; Grahame, Kenneth; Hardy, Thomas; Herford, Oliver; Keats, John; Kipling, Rudyard; Lear, Edward; Marine, Sarah Catherine; Milne, Alan Alexander; Rands, William Brighty; Reeves, James; Richards, Laura; Stevenson, Robert Louis; Thackeray, William Makepeace
Reader(s): Bavidge, Rachel; Beale, Simon Russell; Harvey, Anne; Lesser, Anton; McMillan, Roy; Timson, David; West, Timothy; Wilson, Richard; Wolf, Katinka
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Junior Classic Fiction; Poetry
Period: 20th Century; Classical; Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0013
Barcode: 9781843794233
Release Date: 01/2010
FAVORITE POEMS FOR CHILDREN (Unabridged)
Dance with a lobster, telephone an elephant or knock on a moonlit door—this collection includes magical, macabre, dramatic, funny, bizarre, absurd, delightful, moving and charming poems by Lewis Carroll, A.A. Milne, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, Kenneth Grahame and many others.
Readers such as Anton Lesser, Simon Russell-Beale and Timothy West bring the lines beautifully to life and make this an ideal introduction to some of the best-loved children’s poetry.
Tracklist
Carroll, Lewis - Author
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
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1 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Chapter 10: The Lobster Quadrille | 01:58 |
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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2 | Through The Looking Glass: The Walrus and the Carpenter | 04:22 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
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3 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: You are old, Father William | 01:46 |
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
Wilson, Richard (Reader)
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4 | Humpty Dumpty's Song | 02:05 |
Wilson, Richard (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
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5 | Through The Looking Glass: Jabberwocky | 01:33 |
Timson, David (Reader)
Clare, John - Author
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
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6 | Little Trotty Wagtail | 00:51 |
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
Reeves, James - Author
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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7 | The Bogus-Boo | 01:17 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Herford, Oliver - Author
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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8 | A Tragedy in Rhyme | 02:25 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
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9 | A Guinea Pig Song | 00:47 |
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
Lear, Edward - Author
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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10 | The Jumblies | 04:06 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
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11 | The Owl and the Pussycat | 01:35 |
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
Grahame, Kenneth - Author
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
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12 | Duck's Ditty | 00:40 |
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
Lear, Edward - Author
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
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13 | There was an Old Man with a Beard | 00:17 |
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
Keats, John - Author
Harvey, Anne (Reader)
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14 | The Great Poets: Old Meg | 01:24 |
Harvey, Anne (Reader)
Lear, Edward - Author
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
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15 | How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear | 01:31 |
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
Keats, John - Author
Beale, Simon Russell (Reader)
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16 | The Great Poets: There was a naughty boy | 00:35 |
Beale, Simon Russell (Reader)
Thackeray, William Makepeace - Author
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
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17 | At the Zoo | 00:29 |
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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18 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Other Poems: Dahn The Plug'ole | 01:14 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Belloc, Hilaire - Author
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
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19 | Henry King | 00:47 |
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
Harvey, Anne (Reader)
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20 | Matilda | 02:35 |
Harvey, Anne (Reader)
Milne, Alan Alexander - Author
Harvey, Anne (Reader)
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21 | The King's Breakfast | 02:30 |
Harvey, Anne (Reader)
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
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22 | There was a little girl | 00:16 |
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
Cowper, William - Author
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
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23 | The Snail | 01:09 |
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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24 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Other Poems: Framed in a First-Story Winder | 01:37 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
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25 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Other Poems: There was a Man of Double Deed | 00:46 |
Wolf, Katinka (Reader)
Marine, Sarah Catherine - Author
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
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26 | The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog | 01:45 |
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
Causley, Charles - Author
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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27 | Colonel Fazackerly | 02:17 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Rands, William Brighty - Author
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
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28 | Topsy-Turvey World | 00:50 |
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
de la Mare, Walter - Author
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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29 | The Listeners | 02:27 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Blake, William - Author
West, Timothy (Reader)
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30 | The Tyger | 01:35 |
West, Timothy (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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31 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Other Poems: The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens | 03:27 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Stevenson, Robert Louis - Author
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
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32 | Bed in Summer | 00:40 |
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
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33 | Time to Rise | 00:15 |
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
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34 | My Shadow | 01:09 |
McMillan, Roy (Reader)
Hardy, Thomas - Author
Beale, Simon Russell (Reader)
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35 | Wagtail and Baby | 00:51 |
Beale, Simon Russell (Reader)
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
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36 | Two Little Kittens | 01:16 |
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
Kipling, Rudyard - Author
Beale, Simon Russell (Reader)
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37 | If | 02:16 |
Beale, Simon Russell (Reader)
Richards, Laura - Author
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
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38 | Eletelephony | 00:37 |
Bavidge, Rachel (Reader)
Browning, Robert - Author
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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39 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | 05:13 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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40 | Into the street the Piper stepped… | 05:41 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
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41 | The mayor was dumb, and the council stood… | 05:14 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Total Playing Time: 01:14:08