Poems of Childhood


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The Best of James Whitcomb Riley


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The best-loved poems by the "Hoosier Poet" are here collected to read and cherish time and time again. Included are some of Riley’s most durable and endearing works—poems about nature, home, and country as well as the dialect poems for which Riley is famous.




When the Frost is on the Punkin


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A classic poem of automn is accompanied by illustrations of a young girl's day on a farm.




Riley Child-rhymes


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James Whitcomb Riley


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Provides a fictional account of the childhood of the "Children's Poet," who wrote more than one hundred poems including "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Old Swimmin' Hole."




"The Old Swimmin'-hole"


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Out to Old Aunt Mary's


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Tells the story of two boys who enjoyed time with their aunt.




The Raggedy Man


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