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Feb 3, 2017 · What are the best children’s poems in all of English literature? Every reader will have their own firm favourites that bring back fond memories of those carefree and innocent days, but we’ve tried to select ten of the very finest classic poems for children for this post.
- 10 of the Best Poems about Childhood – Interesting Literature
Thomas Hood (1799-1845) is best-remembered for ‘The Song of...
- 12 of the Best Poems for Kids - Interesting Literature
Nursery rhymes are often the first ‘poems’ we learn as kids...
- 10 of the Best Poems about Childhood – Interesting Literature
- Shel Silverstein. Here’s something you may not know about Shel Silverstein: he hung out at the Playboy Mansion. Like, a lot. In the late ’50s and ’60s, Silverstein was a regular contributor to Playboy as a cartoonist, and his work continued to appear until his death (and one piece was published posthumously).
- Naomi Shihab Nye. Like Silverstein, Naomi Shihab Nye does a little bit of everything—she writes poems for both adults and children, picture books, short stories and YA novels, as well as songs.
- Edward Lear. I suppose now is the time that I should give up telling you how each one of these children’s poets was actually excellent in a variety of fields—it seems to be one of the things they have universally in common.
- Francisco X. Alarcón. Alarcón decided to begin writing poems for children in the 1990s, when he “became aware that there were almost no books of bilingual poems children written by any Latino poet in the United States,” and decided to write his own collection, entitled Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems.
Poets like A. A. Milne and William Blake wrote many poems for children that can inspire them to find their voice and representation through poetry, even from an early age. 67 Poems for Kids 1 - 20 of 67
- The Tiger – by William Blake
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – by Jane Taylor
- Old Mother Hubbard – by Sarah Catherine Marine
- The Spider and The Fly – by Mary Howitt
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin – by Robert Browning
- From A Railway Carriage – by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Walrus and The Carpenter – by Lewis Carroll
The Tiger by William Blake is one of his most famous poems. Written in the 1700s, this children’s poem is framed as a series of questions where the narrator wonders about the creator responsible for such a powerful and fearsome creature as the tiger. This poem can be found in the book: Rainbow Gold – Poems Old and New – Illustrated by Dugald Stewar...
The famous nursery rhyme Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is known throughout households across the world. A classic children’s rhyme, the full poem has five beautiful stanzas dedicated to the tiny star shining in the night sky. This poem can be found in the book: Old English Nursery Songs – Pictured by Anne Anderson.
Old Mother Hubbard is a classic rhyme from Mother Goose. Although it was first printed in 1805, the actual origins of this rhyme are disputed, with the figure of Mother Goose continuing to be shrouded in history. This poem can be found in the book: Mother Hubbard Her Picture Book – Containing Mother Hubbard, the Three Bears & the Absurd ABC – Illus...
The Spider and the Flyis a classic poem by Mary Howitt, written in 1829. The opening line is one of the most quoted lines in all English verse and tells the story of a cunning spider who entraps a fly into its web – a cautionary tale against those who use flattery and charm to disguise their true intentions. Read the Full Poem
This age-old poem dates back to the middle ages, where the legend of the pied piper arrives in the town of Hamelin to lure the rats away with his magic pipe. When the townsfolk refuse to pay him for his work, he retaliates and uses his magical instrument to lead the children out of the town. This poem can be found in the book: The Pied Piper of Ham...
Written by Scottish poet Robert Louis Stevenson, From a Railway Carriage is a lovely poem that describes the joy of riding on a train, describing the natural beauty of the countryside as the journey continues. This poem can be found in the book: A Child’s Garden of Verses – Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. Read the Full Poem
Another narrative poem that appeared in Lewis Carroll’s books, The Walrus and The Carpenter comes from Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The poem is recited by Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum to Alice and recalls a tale of a Walrus and a Carpenter as they walk along a beach one night when both the sun and the mo...
Apr 10, 2017 · Thomas Hood (1799-1845) is best-remembered for ‘The Song of the Shirt’, one of the most famous poems about the Industrial Revolution, and ‘I Remember, I Remember’, in which he recollects his childhood. Like Vaughan, he feels that he is ‘farther off from heaven / Than when I was a boy.’.
Nursery rhymes are often the first ‘poems’ we learn as kids or young children, while nonsense verse, and the works of some of the more celebrated children’s authors of the last hundred years, remain popular ‘texts’ at primary or junior school.
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The Children’s Poetry Archive is a place where you can listen to poems read out loud. We have poems read by the poets who wrote them as well as poems which other people have recorded for us. We think everyone has a favourite poem, it’s just that they haven’t heard it out loud yet.
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