FAVOURITE POEMS FOR CHILDREN

by Lewis Carroll, James Reeves, Oliver Herford, Edward Lear, Kenneth Grahame, Hilaire Belloc, William Blake, Thomas Hardy | Read by Anton Lesser, Roy McMillan, Rachel Bavidge, Katinka Wolf

Children Family Listening • 1.25 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2010

Children of all ages will enjoy the wide range of poems, authors, and narrators in this spirited collection. There are many works by Edward Lear, including one about himself, which is somewhat negative but quite funny. Accents vary, even Cockney appears occasionally, as in "Framed in a First Story Window." The firemen yell, "Jump into this net what we are holding." "The Pied Piper of Hamlin" is an ideal conclusion, with the performer's vigorous voice. Music is used occasionally, with a rousing march at the close. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2014]

Trade Ed. • Naxos AudioBooks • 2010

CD ISBN 9781843794233 $14.98 • One CDs

DD ISBN $10.00