The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series One
Nature, Poem 2: May-Flower
by Emily Dickinson
Pink, small, and punctual
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The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series One
Time and Eternity, Poem 33: Along the Potomac
by Emily Dickinson
When I was small, a woman died.
The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series One
Love, Poem 14: Love's Baptism
by Emily Dickinson
I'm ceded, I've stopped being theirs;
The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series Two
Time and Eternity, Poem 24: Going
by Emily Dickinson
On such a night, or such a night
Lyrics of Love and Laughter
The Debt
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"This is the debt I pay"
Counting and Math Rhymes
This Little Froggy
by Traditional
A child's nursery rhyme teaching counting: similar to "This Little Piggy."
Lyrics of the Hearthside
The Voice of the Banjo
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
In a small and lonely cabin out of noisy traffic’s way,
Just So Stories
"How the Whale Got His Throat"
by Rudyard Kipling
A whale eats a crafty man, who finds a way to escape and dam up the whale’s throat.
The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series Two
Life, Poem 33: The Duel
by Emily Dickinson
I took my power in my hand.
Humour and Dialect
A Cabin Tale (The Young Master Asks For a Story)
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Whut you say, dah? huh, uh! chile,"
The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series Two
Time and Eternity, Poem 14
by Emily Dickinson
I went to heaven, —
A Short Account of the History of Mathematics
Johann Heinrich Lambert
by W.W. Rouse Ball
A biography of Johann Heinrich Lambert.
The Sonnets
Sonnet 84
by William Shakespeare
Who is it that says most, which can say more
Aesop's Fables
“The Man and the Wood”
by Aesop
A Man with an axe begged the Trees for a branch. The good-natured Trees gave him one of their branches. The man fixed it into the axe and began cutting down trees.
The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series Two
Life, Poem 48
by Emily Dickinson
Unto my books so good to turn
Aesop's Fables
“The Fisher and the Little Fish”
by Aesop
After fishing all day a fisherman has ony caught a tiny fish. The Fish begs to be put back in the water. The fisherman does not do so.
More Jataka Tales
“The Lion in Bad Company”
by Ellen C. Babbitt
A young lion makes friends with a wolf, against his father’s wishes. The friendship leads the lion to hunting the king’s ponies, which his father told him not to do, but the lion keeps on and ends up killed by the king’s archer.
Moby Dick
Chapter 38: Dusk
by Herman Melville
Starbuck, bound to Ahab by loyalty, fears the worst.
The Tale of Tommy Fox
Chapter 21: “The Biggest Surprise of All”
by Arthur Scott Bailey
Tommy tries to catch Mr. Grouse. Mrs. Fox has five babies.
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
Bird Thoughts
by Traditional
This poem explores the growth of a baby bird and its discovery of the world it lives in.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Chapter 1: “The Cyclone”
by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy lives with Uncle Henry, Aunt Em and her dog, Toto. They live in a small grey log house which gets hit by a cyclone. Dorothy feels the house lift off the ground and is in the middle of the cyclone. Dorothy falls asleep with the swaying of the house.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Seven Ravens
by Grimm Brothers
A sister searches for her seven lost brothers.
Aesop's Fables
“Belling the Cat”
by Aesop
The mice want to be safe from their enemy, the cat. One mouse had an idea to put a bell on the cat to warn the mice when the cat was near.
Lyrics of Love and Laughter
Differences
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"My neighbor lives on the hill,"
More Jataka Tales
“The Penny-Wise Monkey”
by Ellen C. Babbitt
A king sees a monkey lose many peas in order to gain one more, and realizes he should not start a war with a remote, small country.