Poems Every Child Should Know


Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

(4.7 stars; 85 reviews)

This anthology of poetry, published in 1904, contains such favorites as The Raven, My Shadow, and The Village Blacksmith, as well as many lovely poems that may be unfamiliar. Most of the poems in this collection are short enough for children to memorize. (8 hr 7 min)

Chapitres

Preface 5:08 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Arrow and the Song; The Babie; Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite; Little Dr… 6:24 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
True Royalty; Playing Robinson Crusoe; My Shadow; Little White Lily 5:20 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
How the Leaves Came Down; Wee Willie Winkie; The Owl and the Pussy-Cat 5:58 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod; The Duel 4:36 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Boy Who Never Told a Lie; Whatever Brawls Disturb the Street; Bluebell of S… 4:13 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Casabianca; The Captain's Daughter 3:50 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Village Blacksmith; Sweet and Low; The Violet; The Rainbow 5:51 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
A Visit from St. Nicholas; The Star-Spangled Banner 6:03 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Father William; The Nightingale and the Glow-worm 3:55 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Jack Frost; The Owl; Little Billie 5:26 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Butterfly and the Bee; An Incident of the French Camp; Robert of Lincoln 6:43 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Old Grimes; Song of Life; Fairy Song 4:29 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
A Boy's Song; Buttercups and Daisies; The Rainbow; Old Ironsides 5:04 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Little Orphant Annie; O Captain My Captain 5:23 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Ingratitude; The Ivy Green; The Noble Nature; The Flying Squirrel 6:40 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Warren's Address; The Song in Camp; The Bugle Song 5:28 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Three Bells of Glasgow; Sheridan's Ride 6:00 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Sandpiper; Lady Clare 6:48 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Lord of Burleigh 4:53 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Hiawatha's Childhood 4:52 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud; John Barelycorn; A Life on the Ocean Wave 5:34 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Death of the Old Year; Abou Ben Adhem 4:31 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Farm-Yard Song, A 3:35 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
To a Mouse; To a Mountain Daisy 5:56 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Barbara Frietchie 3:35 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Lochinvar 3:41 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Lord Ullin's Daughter; The Charge of the Light Brigade 5:11 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Tournament; The Wind and the Moon 5:08 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Jesus the Carpenter; Letty's Globe; A Dream; Heaven is not Reached at a Single … 5:14 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Battle of Blenheim 3:30 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Fidelity; The Chambered Nautilus 6:17 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Crossing the Bar; The Overland-Mail; Pibroch of Donuil Dhu 5:47 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Marco Bozzaris 5:48 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Death of Napoleon; How Sleep the Brave; The Flag Goes By; Hohenlinden; My O… 7:54 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Old Folks at Home; The Wreck of the Hesperus 6:10 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Robert Bruce's Address to his Army; The Inchcape Rock 6:00 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Finding of the Lyre; A Chrysalis 4:44 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
For a' That and a' That; The New Arrival 4:50 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Brook; The Ballad of the Clampherdown 6:19 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Destruction of Sennacherib; I Remember, I Remember; Driving Home the Cows 6:02 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Krinken; Stevenson's Birthday 4:07 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
A Modest Wit; The Legend of Bishop Hatto 6:57 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Columbus; The Shepherd of King Admetus 6:07 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
How They Brought The Good News From Ghent to Aix 5:04 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna; The Eve of Waterloo 6:10 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
King Henry of Navarre; Ivry 6:25 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Glove and the Lions; The Well of St. Keyne 5:26 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Nautilus and the Ammonite; The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk 5:13 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Homes of England; Horatius at the Bridge (Part 1) 11:39 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Horatius at the Bridge (pt. 2) 11:50 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Planting of the Apple Tree 4:24 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
June; A Psalm of Life; Barnacles 5:27 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
A Happy Life; Home, Sweet Home; Juliet of Nations; Woodman, Spare That Tree 5:41 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Abide With Me; Lead, Kindly Light; The Last Rose of Summer; Annie Laurie 4:52 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Ship of State; America; The Landing of the Pilgrims 5:40 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Lotos-Eaters; Moly 5:39 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Cupid Drowned; Cupid Stung; Cupid and my Campasbe; A Ballad for a Boy 8:52 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Skeleton in Armour 6:35 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Revenge 8:41 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Sir Galahad; A Name in the Sand 6:17 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Voice of Spring; The Forsaken Merman 10:52 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Banks o' Doon; The Light of Other Days; My Own Shall Come to Me 4:58 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Ode to a Skylark; The Sands of Dee 4:55 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
A Wish; Lucy; Solitude; John Anderson; The God of Music 5:45 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
A Musical Instrument; The Brides of Enderby 10:55 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Lye; L'Envoi 4:47 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Contentment; The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls; The Old Oaken Bucket 5:05 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Raven 9:03 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Arnold Von Winkelried 4:43 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Life I Know Not What Thou Art; Mercy; Polonius' Advice; Antony's Speech; The Sk… 6:04 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Choir Invisible; The World is Too Much With Us; Sonnet on His Blindness; Sh… 6:40 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 8:48 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Rabbi Ben Ezra 10:17 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Prospice; Recessional; Ozymandias of Egypt 5:43 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Mortality; On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer 5:56 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Herve Riel 8:04 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Problem, The 6:19 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
English Flag, The 5:47 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Man With the Hoe 4:11 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Song of Myself (excerpts) 8:59 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

Critiques

Thank you Kara Shallenburg!


(5 stars)

For using your lovely voice to make these delights available here on the internet.

I like this.


(4 stars)

Beautiful poems, really.

Exquisite poetry for the young and young at heart


(5 stars)

I found this book after an internet search on "Hesperus". My mom (who is 75) mentioned that after being in the wind, her mom would often say she looked like the wreck of the Hesperus. Diving into the mystery of this odd saying, I came across the poem in this lovely book. (I can imagine my grandma memorizing poems when she was in grade school - and I think her life was richer for having lines of poetry buried in her mind to call out during her life.) This is an excellent collection that covers the gambit of classic children's poetry - from the simple (Twinkle Twinkle, The Owl and the Pussy-Cat), to the classic (The Raven), to the epic (How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix). A breadth of emotions are covered - there's plenty of lighthearted play, but balanced with some serious and challenging subjects. KayRay does an excellent job of bringing each of these poems to life. Some were quite familiar, for some, hearing the entire poem opened up a new understanding of the one or two familiar lines I knew, and some were entirely new gems. One of the best audio books I have listened to!

Fabulous


(5 stars)

As usual Kayray is marvelous. The poems are a delight and I plan to share them with my grandchildren so they stay "alive".

Hooray for Kara S.


(5 stars)

Can't begin to thank you enough for all of your hard work and wonderful joy that you bring to so many. You are a very special person. I will continue and also share your readings and give your nice gifts to others for tons of enjoyment for them. (But you get the mucho credit. I'll try to do what I think is nice too. Thanks again, for your inspiration and ideas. Peace and love...

OMG!


(5 stars)

I can't believe you have this book. I have my mother's copy from her childhood, 1916. She read for me when I was a child. We memorized many together.

Reader and Poems


(5 stars)

Beside the poems being short and not boring for children, each one of them had a unique message within. Also Kara's soft and friendly voice was very calming and positive. Thanks to everyone

good


(4.5 stars)

It was amazing, but I have to say, it wasn’t the best. Some of the poems were not good, but most of them were. So, good job!