18 books like When we were very young

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Peacock pie, a book of rhymes Walter De la Mare · 1913 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Peacock Pie presents an extensive selection of de la Mare's best poetry, in thematically themes sections such as are "Up and Down," "Boys and Girls," "Three Queer Tales," "Places and People," "Beasts," "Witches and Fairies," "Earth and Air," and "Songs." Shares Children's poetry, English poetry, Poetry

Poems Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · ★ 3.6 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Although Rudyard Kipling is chiefly remembered as the author of such classicsas _Kim_ and _The Jungle Book_, he was also a prodigious and widely read writer of verse, and is considered by many to be the poet of the British Empire. His poetry, like his fiction, gives eloquent expression to the lives of unsung men and women, children, and animals. Witty, profound, acerbic, and occasionally savage,… Shares Collected works, Children's poetry, English, English poetry

A Child's Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885 · ★ 4.3 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Rediscover the delight and innocence of childhood in these classic poems from celebrated author, Robert Louis Stevenson. From make-believe to climbing trees, bedtime stories to morning play and favourite cousins to beloved mothers. Here is a very special collection to be treasured forever. Shares Collections, Children's poetry, English, Children

Don Juan Lord Byron · 1819 · ★ 3.6 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in… Shares English poetry, Poetry

Poetical works of Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges · 1898 · ★ 3.7 · 484p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Each section preceded by a bibliographical note. Second edition. Prometheus the firegiver, a mask in the Greek manner.--Demeter, a mask.--Eros and psyche.--The growth of love.--Shorter poems, --New poems, --Later poems.--Poems in classical prosody.--October, and other poems.--New verse.--Two pieces written after the war.--Index of titles and first lines. Shares English poetry, Poetry

Poems George Meredith · 1851 · 623p · ≈ 20h · Demanding Shares English poetry, Poetry with this book.

The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll · 1876 · ★ 4.0 · 90p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A nonsense poem recounting the adventures of the Bellman and his crew and their challenges hunting a Snark. Shares Collections, Children's poetry, English poetry, English literature

The bad child's book of beasts Hilaire Belloc · 1875 · ★ 3.7 · 47p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Bad Shares Humorous poetry, Children's poetry, Children, English poetry

Down-adown-derry Walter De la Mare · 1922 · 195p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Reprint of the 1922 ed. published by Holt, New York. Shares Children's poetry, English poetry, Poetry

The Pied Piper of Hamelin Robert Browning · 1888 · ★ 3.9 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Challenging The Pied Piper pipes the village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service he exacts a terrible revenge. Shares Children's poetry, English poetry, Poetry, Children's fiction

Making friends with Frankenstein Colin McNaughton · 1993 · 90p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Presents a collection of silly, scary, and disgusting poems about monsters and other unusual creatures. Shares Humorous poetry, Children's poetry, English poetry, Poetry

Revolting rhymes Roald Dahl · 1982 · ★ 4.2 · 52p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Presents humorous retellings of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after. Shares Humorous poetry, Children's poetry, English poetry, Poetry

Poems D. H. Lawrence · 1913 · 79p · ≈ 2h · Moderate A collection of short poems, mainly on themes suggested by the natural world. Shares Collections, Children's poetry, English poetry, English literature

Poems William Blake · 1783 · ★ 3.9 · 61p · ≈ 2h · Challenging William Blake is one of England’s most fascinating writers; he was not only a groundbreaking poet, but also a painter, engraver, radical, and mystic. Although Blake was dismissed as an eccentric by his contemporaries, his powerful and richly symbolic poetry has been a fertile source of inspiration to the many writers and artists who have followed in his footsteps. In this collection Patti Smith… Shares Collected works, Children's poetry, English poetry, Poetry

Elegy written in a country churchyard Thomas Gray · 1751 · 25p · ≈ 50m · Challenging Shares English poetry, Poetry with this book.

Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein · 1974 · ★ 4.3 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer... Come in ... for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you… Shares Humorous poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

Departmental ditties and other verses Rudyard Kipling · 1800 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares English poetry, Poetry with this book.

The man from Snowy River Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 133p · ≈ 4h · Moderate In the ballads and poetry of Banjo Paterson are captured the spirit of the Australian Outback, and the essences of the bushmen and women who pioneered it. The vast distances, the droughts, the floods, the flies, the heat ... and the harsh and beautiful places of Outback Australia were brought to the city people of the late 1880's through the writings of Andrew Barton Paterson.A true folk poet, a… Shares Children's poetry, Poetry

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