Children's Poetry Books

Struwwelpeter - Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

Heinrich Hoffmann

Struwwelpeter (Slovenly Peter) is an illustrated collection of humorous children’s poems describing ludicrous and usually violent punishments for naughty behavior. Hoffmann, a Frankfurt physician, wan..

Bib Ballads

Ring Lardner

Bib Ballads is a poem collection for children written by Ring Lardner, an American sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre.Ri..

The Animals' Rebellion

Clifton Bingham

The Animals' Rebellion is a collection of poems for children written by Clifton Bingham, the author of The Animals' Trip to Sea, and The Animals' Picnic...

A Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson

A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been repri..

Baby Chatterbox

Anonymous

Baby Chatterbox is an illustreated collection of poems and short stories for children written by anonymous authors.Hop, hop, hop! In it came at the window, the dearest little yellow canary, not a..

Twas the Night before Christmas - A Visit from St. Nicholas

Clement Clarke Moore

A Visit from St. Nicholas, more commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and later attri..

The Book of Nonsense

Edward Lear

The Book of Nonsense is a collection humorous poem collection for children written by Edward Lear, an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, now known mostly for his literary nonsense..

A Visit From Saint Nicholas

Clement Moore

A Visit From Saint Nicholas, more commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and later att..