Selected American and British Poems
Lullaby
by Christina Rossetti
A nursery rhyme that is a lullaby to a baby.
A nursery rhyme that is a lullaby to a baby.
The moon cast an eery glow over the landscape of St. Augustine.
A short story about a robin who flies north in the springtime, builds a nest for his mate, and migrates south for the winter.
"On the wide veranda white,"
A poinciana comes to full bloom under the Florida sky.
"Oh, what shall I do? I am wholly upset;"
The author gives an account of a runaway slave who escapes his master’s beatings.
The author admires the ocean from Florida's Coast.
"Two little boots all rough an’ wo’,"
"A bee that was searching for sweets one day"
While in the presence of death, the characters of the story are confronted by a strange entity.
A child trudges up to bed.
In a small and lonely cabin out of noisy traffic’s way,
The poet reflects on the world at noon, while laying back and dozing.
A list and description of possible exercises that can be used to catch the attention of your students at the beginning of the school day.
The Toyman makes the three children whistles from a weeping willow and they serve as a bird call for Orioles.
"Summah is de lovin’ time—"
The author explains that anything can be algebra, using the example of teaching a baby to think algebraically.
Tommy Stubbins tells about his life in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh and his three friends, Joe, Matthew Mugg, and Luke.
A short story about the growth of a tree and its blooms of spring.
Whitefoot becomes sad and uninterested in the things he once loved, but he can’t figure out why.
FROM dark abodes to fair etherial light