A Visit from St. Nicholas (Twas the Night Before Christmas)
by Clement Clarke Moore
An unexpected house guest arrives on Christmas night.
Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level 1
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“A Fall Song”
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
by Ellen Robena Field
A poem describing “The Fall of the Year” or Autumn.
Where Go the Boats?
A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A poem which describes the river, sand, foam, and path of a river carrying a child’s boats down stream.
The Whole Duty of Children
A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Children should behave.
The Wind
A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The poet wonders about the wind.
A Counting Out Rhyme
Counting and Math Rhymes
by Traditional
A child’s counting nursery rhyme.
Five Little Piggies
Counting and Math Rhymes
by Traditional
A child’s counting rhyme.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Counting and Math Rhymes
by Traditional
A child’s counting game.
Ten Little Indians
Counting and Math Rhymes
by Traditional
A counting rhyme about indians.
This Little Piggy
Counting and Math Rhymes
by Traditional
A children’s poem usually counted on toes.
This Pig Went to Market
Counting and Math Rhymes
by Traditional
A nursery rhyme about pigs.
“Fire! Fire! Burn Stick!”
Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories
by Joseph Jacobs
An old lady buys a pig. Then she cannot get the pig to jump over a fence so she can get home. She asks for help but is refused until at last she finds a cow who will give her milk. This begins chain of events which leads to getting home with the pig.
The Cat and the Fiddle (Hey Diddle Diddle)
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
Children’s nursery rhyme about a cat, fiddle, cow, moon, dog, dish, and spoon.
Humpty Dumpty
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
Humpty Dumpty falls, breaks, and can’t be put back together.
Little Miss Muffet
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
Children’s nursery rhyme about a little girl and a spider.
Old King Cole
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
This merry king called for his pipe, fiddlers, and bowl.
Peter Piper
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
Peter Piper picked pickled peppers
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
The blackbirds that were supposed to be baked in a pie for the king began to sing when the pie was opened. They then flew down to snap off the maid’s nose.
When the Bees All Homeward Fly
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Richard Le Gallienne
A poem about logicical natural progression.
“There Is a Young Lady Whose Nose”
Poems and Limericks of Edward Lear
by Edward Lear
A funny poem about a woman with an extremely big nose.
“You Are Old, Father William”
Poems, Puzzles, and Stories of Lewis Carroll
by Lewis Carroll
A poem about a son inquiring about his father’s amazing and peculiar habits for a man of his advanced age.