My First Oxford Book of Poems

Poems

• 1 Out in the Dark and Daylight - Aileen Fisher, pg 7
• 2 Here in a Field - Celia Warren, pg 8
• 3 The Door - Richard Edwards, pg 9
• 4 from A Boy's Song - James Hogg, pg 10
• 5 Pond - Sue Cowling, pg 11
• 6 Where Go the Boats? Robert Louis Stevenson, pg 12
• 7 Clouds - Colin West, pg 13
• 8 The Island - Dorothy Aldis, pg 14
• 9 Afternoon - Leonard Clark, pg 14
• 10 Hideout - Aileen Fisher, pg 15
• 11 Dandelions - Frances Frost, pg 15
• 12 The Secret - Emily Dickinson, pg 16
• 13 Ducky's Ditty - Kenneth Grahame, pg 17
• 14 The Ladybird - Clive Sansom, pg 18
• 15 The Dragonfly - Eleanor Farjeon, pg 18
• 16 The Caterpillar - Christina Rossetti, pg 19
• 17 Don't Cry, Caterpillar - Grace Nichols, pg 19
• 18 Snake - Moira Andrew, pg 20
• 19 Zebra - Gavin Ewart, pg 21
• 20 How Doth the Little Crocodile - Lewis Carroll, pg 21
• 21 Roger the Dog - Ted Hughes, pg 22
• 22 Cat in the Dark - John Agard, pg 23
• 23 The Snail - James Reeves, pg 24
• 24 Badgers - Richard Edwards, pg 25
• 25 Night Spinner - Patricia Leighton, pg 26
• 26 Who's There - Judith Nicholls, pg 27
• 27 Old Horses - Max Fatchen, pg 28
• 28 The Wild, the Free - Lord Byron, pg 29
• 29 Sunning, James S. Tippett, pg 30
• 30 Peacock, Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, pg 31
• 31 The Fieldmouse - Cecil Frances Alexander, pg 32
• 32 The Mouse in the Wainscot - Ian Serraillier, pg 33
• 33 Allie - Robert Graves, pg 34
• 34 Lizzie - Traditional Polish, pg 36
• 35 Song for a Banjo Dance - Langston Hughes, pg 37
• 36 Time to go Home, James Reeves, pg 38
• 37 Bedtime - Eleanor Farjeon, pg 39
• 38 Someting is There - Lilian Moore, pg 40
• 39 Full Moon - Odette Thomas, pg 41
• 40 In the Dark - A. A. Milne, pg 42
• 41 Sweet and Low - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, pg 44
• 42 Lullaby - Gina Douthwaite, pg 45
• 43 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod - Eugene Field, pg 46
• 44 Magis Story of Falling Asleep - Nancy Willard, pg 48
• 45 The Falling Star - Sara Teasdale, pg 49
• 46 Windy Nights - Robert Louis Stevenson, pg 50
• 47 The Night Will Never Stay - Eleanor Farjeon, pg 51
• 48 Very Early - Karla Kuskin, pg 52
• 49 Early Dawn - Hilaire Belloc, pg 53
• 50 Early in the Morning - Charles Causley, pg 54
• 51 Seashell - James Berry, pg 55
• 52 Sounds of the Sea - Ann Marie Linden, pg 55
• 53 The Sea - Lilith Norman, pg 56
• 54 Long, Lone - Russell Hoban, pg 56
• 55 The Caribbean Calling - Faustin Charles, pg 57
• 56 Mine - Lilian Moore, pg 58
• 57 Song of the Seashore - Daphne LIster, pg 59
• 58 Little FIsh - D. H. Lawrence, pg 59
• 59 Grim and Gloomy - James Reeves, pg 60
• 60 The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls - Jenry Wadsworth Longfellow, pg 62
• 61 Roadways - John Masefield, pg 63
• 62 If I Could Have a Pair of Wings - Anita E. Posey, pg 64
• 63 Tartary - Walter de la Mare, pg 65
• 64 Cow - Ted Hughes, pg 66
• 65 The Owl and the Pussy-Cat - Edward Lear, pg 68
• 66 Silly Old Baboon - Spike Milligan, pg 70
• 67 The Flattered Flying-Fish - E. V. Rieu, pg 72
• 68 Adventures of Isabel - Ogden Nash, pg 74
• 69 Unicorn - William Jay Smith, pg 76
• 70 The Dragon Hunt - Daphne Lister, pg 77
• 71 Weather - Lucy Coats, pg 78
• 72 Winter - Willam Shakespear, pg 80
• 73 January - John Updike, pg 81
• 74 White Fields - James Stephens, pg 82
• 75 Robin - Iain Crichton Smith, pg 83
• 76 A Change in the Year - William Wordsworth, pg 83
• 77 Bluebells - Stanley Cook, pg 84
• 78 Rainbows - Moira Andrew, pg 85
• 79 August Afternoon - Marion Edey, pg 86
• 80 Fly Away, Swallow - Christian Rossetti, pg 86
• 81 The Winter Warrior - Daphne Lister, pg 87
• 82 December Leaves - Kaye Starbird, pg 87
• 83 High in the Heaven - Charles Causley, pg 88
• 84 Holly Red and Mistletoe White - Alison Uttley, pg 89
• 85 The Waiting Game - John Mole, pg 90
• 86 A Footprint on the Air - Naomi Lewis, pg 91
• 87 The World with its Countries - John Cotton, pg 92