{"id":2935,"date":"2019-06-14T17:05:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T17:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=2935"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:40:27","slug":"a-childs-own-book-of-verse-book-one-by-ada-skinner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/a-childs-own-book-of-verse-book-one-by-ada-skinner\/","title":{"rendered":"A Child’s Own Book of Verse, Book One"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Child’s Own Book of Verse, Book One<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Ada Skinner<\/p>\n

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Description: <\/span>First 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>5-8<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>100 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong>Black and white<\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2006<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span>978-1-59915-051-2<\/em>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Poetry<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Little Wind 2. White Sheep 3. Time to Rise 4. Pussy-Cat Mew 5. Seven Little Chicks 6. Once I Saw a Little Bird 7. Bow-Wow-Wow 8. The North Wind Doth Blow 9. Some Little Mice 10. Bobby Shafto 11. The Rabbits 12. Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee 13. Little Cock-Sparrow 14. There Was a Little Robin 15. Blow, Wind, Blow 16. Daffy-Down-Dilly 17. The Rain 18. Rosy Posy 19. A Bonny Boat 20. Lock the Dairy Door 21. The Clucking Hen 22. Little Brown Bobby 23. Whisky Frisky 24. Jack Frost 25. Sing, Little Bird 26. Who Has Seen the Wind? 27. Three Little Maidens 28. Bimble, Bamble, Bumble 29. Precocious Piggy 30. My Maid Mary 31. London Bridge 32. A Farmer Went Riding 33. A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go 34. The Light-Hearted Fairy 35. Singing 36. The Man in the Moon 37. All Busy 38. Nursery Song 39. A Good Boy 40. Buttercup 41. Moon, So Round and Yellow 42. A Verse 43. Somewhere Town 44. Cradle Song 45. God’s Care 46. Winter Night 47. Shoe or Stocking 48. When the Sleepy Man Comes 49. The Ship 50. Will You Be My Little Wife 51. Bunches of Grapes 52. Song 53. The Coming of Spring <\/em><\/p>\n

54. The Robin 55. The Swing 56. What Can I Give Him? 57. Rockaby, Lullaby 58. Baby Seed Song 59. A Pretty Game 60. I Would Like You for a Comrade 61. Sir Robin 62. The Little Maiden and the Little Bird 63. I Saw a Ship 64. Wee Willie Winkie 65. Windy Nights 66. My Robin 67. To the Sun Door 68. April 69. The Bow That Bridges Heaven 70. Goldenrod 71. The Peddler’s Caravan 72. Swallow, Swallow 73. Seven Times One 74. Our Flag 75. The Dustman 76. Peterkin Pout and Gregory Grout 77. How To Get a Breakfast 78. Three Little Owlets 79. Over in the Meadow 80. Elf and Dormouse 81. Old Dame Cricket 82. The Little Elf-Man 83. Little Jack Frost 84. How the Little Kite Learned To Fly 85. The Rainbow Fairies 86. The Quarrelsome Kittens 87. Who Likes the Rain? 88. The Lost Doll 89. Cherries 90. Grasshopper Green 91. I Love You, Mother 92. Minnie and Mattie 93. Dame Duck’s First Lecture on Education 94. Mr. Nobody 95. An Old Rat’s Tale 96. Who Stole the Bird’s Nest 97. The Snow Bird 98. Thanksgiving Day 99. The Robber Kitten 100. Santa Claus 101. The New Year 102. The Bluebird 103. Spring’s Waking 104. One, Two, Three 105. The Rock-a-By Lady<\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Related Titles…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Child’s Own Book of Verse, Book Two<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Ada Skinner<\/p>\n

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A Child’s Garden of Verses<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/p>\n

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The Pelican Chorus and Other Nonsense Verses<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Edward Lear<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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EVERYDAY CLASSICS: First Reader<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Franklin T. Baker<\/p>\n

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