1: Down the Rabbit-Hole from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The author invented this story for a little girl named Alice Liddell and her two sisters. He told it to them while...
Moon-in-Water
by Ivy 0. Eastwick Three Wise Men of Gotham thought the Moon was cheese and tried to fish it out of the river---if you please! but all the little tadpoles trilled a little tune: "You'll never, never...
The Elephant
by Hilaire Belloc When people call this beast to mind, They marvel more and more At such a little tail behind, So LARGE a trunk before. Elephants walking Along the trails Are holding hands By...
The Bunyip of Berkeley’s Creek
> by Jenny Wagner > > illustrations by Ron Brooks Late one night, for no particular reason, something stirred in the black mud at the bottom of Berkeley's Creek. The fish swam away in fright, and...
Ducks’ Ditty
by Kenneth Grahame All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall, Ducks are a-dabbling, Up tails all! Ducks' tails, drakes' tails, Yellow feet a-quiver, Yellow bills all out of sight Busy in...
I Speak, I Say, I Talk
by Arnold L. Shapiro Cats purr. Lions roar. Owls hoot. Bears snore. Crickets creak. Mice squeak. Sheep baa. But I Monkeys chatter. Cows moo. Ducks quack. Doves coo. Pigs squeal. Horses neigh....
Walking
by Grace Glaubitz When Daddy Walks With Jean and me, We have a Lot of fun 'Cause we can't Walk as fast As he, Unless we Skip and Run! I stretch, And stretch My legs so far, I nearly slip And...
Pinocchio
from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi translated from the Italian by Carol Della Chiesa When Mastro Cherry the carpenter found a piece of wood that laughed and talked, he gave it to his...
The Duel
> by Eugene Field The gingham dog and the calico cat Side by side on the table sat; 'Twas half-past twelve, and (what do you think!) Nor one nor t'other had slept a wink! The old Dutch clock and...
The Kangaroo
> by Elizabeth Coatsworth > > It is a curious thing that you don't wish to be a kangaroo, to hop hop > hop and never stop > > the whole day long and the whole night, too! > > to hop across...
