A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
My Ship and I
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A child dreams of sailing.
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A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
Nest Eggs
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A child thinks about the eggs he sees.
Lyrics of Love and Laughter
To the Road
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Cool is the wind, for the summer is waning,"
Miscellaneous Poems
Nutting Song
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"The November sun invites me,"
The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat
Chapter 8: “Grandfather Frog Watches His Toes”
by Thornton W. Burgess
Grandfather Frog didn’t believe the young animals, so he conducted an experiment and found they were correct. The Smiling Pool was receding.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Nature’s Violet Children”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about violets who were picked from their home in the forest and brought to little girl’s house. With the help of sunlight and a caged canary, the violets thought positively and blossomed.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Part 2, Chapter 12: Destiny and Destination
by Hugh Lofting
Using the atlas as their guid, the doctor and Tommy pick their next destination, Spidermonkey Island.
Lyrics of the Hearthside
Little Lucy Landman
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Oh, the day has set me dreaming
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"Premonition"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Dear heart, good–night!"
Lyrics of the Hearthside
In Summer
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Oh, summer has clothed the earth
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"Merry Autumn"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"It’s all a farce,—these tales they tell"
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Jorinda and Jorindel
by Grimm Brothers
Jorindel must rescue his bride to be from the spell of a fairy.
Selected American and British Poems
A Line-Storm Song
by Robert Frost
"The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift,"
Peter Rabbit and Other Stories
“The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin”
by Beatrix Potter
Squirrel Nutkin goes along with a group of squirrels to Owl Island to gather nuts. However, while all the other squirrels are busy collecting nuts, Nutkin is often playing or making mischief. While the other squirrels present the island’s resident owl, Old Brown, with gifts to earn his permission to gather nuts, Nutkin dances and taunts the owl with sing-song rhymes. Eventually, after Nutkin annoys Old Brown many times, the owl captures Nutkin and tries to skin him alive. Nutkin escapes but not without getting his tail bitten off.
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"Ode for Memorial Day"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Done are the toils and the wearisome marches,"
Miscellaneous Poems
In Summer Time
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"When summer time has come, and all"
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Chapter II: The Pool of Tears
by Lewis Carroll
Alice increases in size after finishing the cake, causing her to question her own identity. Alice, having fallen in water, swims to shore.
Little Bear at Work and at Play
“When Little Bear Visited School”
by Frances Margaret Fox
Little Bear looks in a schoolhouse window and scares the children.
Florida: Essays and Poems
Fountain of Youth
by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The author describes the pursuit of the mythical Fountain of Youth.
Treasure Island
Part Three: My Shore Adventure, Chapter 15: The Man of the Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jim meets Ben Gunn. Ben tells him useful information about the lost treasure. In return for helping him with a safe passage home, Ben gives him refuge at his house.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Mother Nature’s House Cleaning”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about the rain and the first few days of March/Spring.
Peter Rabbit and Other Stories
“The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes”
by Beatrix Potter
An innocent squirrel accused of stealing nuts is forced down a hole in a tree, where he meets a friendly chipmunk.
Treasure Island
Part Two: The Sea Cook, Chapter 11: What I Heard in the Apple Barrel
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jim overhears Silver telling some men about his adventures with Old Flint, the buccanneer. Jim learns that most of the crew on board are Flint’s old shipmates and plan to take the treasure for themselves.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book Fourth, Chapter 6
by Victor Hugo
A description of the citizen's reaction to seeing Claude and Quasimodo walk the streets surrounding Notre-Dame.
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Chapter 16: Death of the Parson
by William Wells Brown
Mr. Peck passes away.
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