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Saturday, August 12, 2023
Baby Bears
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"In the winter, at the start of the new year," said daddy, "when Mother Bear was sleeping and dozing and dreaming in h...
Friday, August 11, 2023
Facts About Toucans
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The Toucan Interesting Facts About Toucans: In ornithology, it's genus is called Rhamphastos. These birds are all natives of tropical A...
The interesting features of the stingray...
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A stingray is a fish allied to the rays proper, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks. It has many distinct characteristics: It is...
The Rhyming Years
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"Well," said the Old Year, "I am going to make up a poem about myself. I feel quite poetical." "And,&...
A New Year's Party
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"Just because it was the first day of the year," said daddy, "and because parties were about the nicest things in the...
Monday, August 7, 2023
The Brave Little Sister
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''There was once a little boy who had a young, little sister," said daddy. "He was very disappointed that his siste...
The Bravery Medal
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"Two children," said daddy, "were skating on a pond. It was a blustery, snowy afternoon, and they were the only ones o...
Friday, July 28, 2023
The Pet Monkey
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"Once there was an old lady," said daddy, "who lived all alone. One day, though, she went to town and bought a ...
The Pink Cockatoo
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''On the morning of the birthday of a little girl named Natalie,' said daddy, ''pink cockatoo was ready to greet...
The Selfish Oyster Crabs
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You know, I think oyster-crabs are perhaps the most selfish of all the sea animals," began daddy. ''The oyster-crabs rea...
Naughty Wind
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"The Clothespins on the line," said daddy, "were having a very jolly time." "I'll blow those clot...
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Warren's Address
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WARREN'S ADDRESS (At the Battle of Bunker Hill.) BY JOHN PIERPONT Stand! the ground's your own, my braves! Will ye give it up to sl...
Columbia
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COLUMBIA BY TIMOTHY DWIGHT (Written during the author's services as an army chaplain,1777-78.) Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise. The...
The Battle of Trenton
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THE BATTLE OF TRENTON (Dec. 26, 1776.) On Christmas-day in seventy-six. Our ragged troops with bayonets fixed. For Trenton march away. The ...
The Battle of Bunker Hill
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The advance of the British army was like a solemn pageant in its steady headway, and like a parade for inspection in the completeness...
The Lonely Bugle Grieves
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THE LONELY BUGLE GRIEVES BY GRENVILLE MELLEN The trump hath blown, And now upon that reeking hill Slaughter rides screaming on the vengeful ...
Ticonderoga
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TICONDEROGA (May 10, 1775) BY V. B. WILSON The cold, gray light of the dawning On old Carillon falls, And dim in the mist of the morning S...
A Song for Lexington
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A SONG FOR LEXINGTON BY ROBERT KELLEY WEEKS The spring came earlier on Than usual that year; The shadiest snow was gone. The slowest brook w...
Paul Revere's Ride
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PAUL REVERE'S RIDE (April 18, 1775) BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul R...
The Volunteer
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The Volunteer by: Elbridge Jefferson Cutler (1831-1870) "At dawn," he said, "I bid them all farewell, To go where bugles ca...
Concord Hymn
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CONCORD HYMN BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON (Sung at the Completion of the Battle Monument, July 4, 1837) By the rude bridge that arched the flood, ...
The Song of The Cannon
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The Song of the Cannon by Sam Walter Foss When the diplomats cease from their capers, Their red-tape requests and replies, Their shuttleco...
An Appeal for America
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AN APPEAL FOR AMERICA BY WILLIAM PITT (Addressed to LORD CHATHAM In Parliament, January 20, I775) Who said I'm not Patriotic? 'My Lo...
The Revolutionary Alarm
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Liberty Forever Darkness closed upon the country and upon the town, but it was no not for sleep. Heralds on swift relays of horses t...
The Principles of The Revolution
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Three cheers for the red, white and blue! When we speak of the glory of our fathers, we mean not that vulgar renown to be attained by...
Monday, June 19, 2023
Kitten's Night Thoughts
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Kitten's Night Thoughts Oliver Hereford When Human Folk put out the light And think they've made it dark as night, A Pussy Cat sees...
Politely
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Politely Diane Willson When Goldilocks went calling On the Little Baby Bear And spoiled his bowl of porridge And sat holes into his chair- I...
The Sweetstuff Wife
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The Sweetstuff Wife Eleanor Farjeon The Sweetstuff Wife in the queer little shop Has four little windowpanes With bottles of bulls-eye and l...
Chickadee
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Chickadee Hilda Conkling (Written at the age of six) The chickadee in the apple tree Talks all the time very gently. He makes me sleepy. ...
Down in the Hollow
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Down in the Hollow Aileen Fisher Down in the hollow, Not so far away, I saw a little ladybug When I went to play, Swinging on the clover U...
Circus
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Circus Eleanor Farjeon The brass band blares, The naphtha flares, The sawdust smells, Showmen ring bells, And oh! right into the circus-ring...
The Cricket
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The Cricket Marjorie Barrows And when the rain had gone away And it was shining everywhere, I ran out on the walk to play And found a littl...
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Song for a Little House
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Song for a Little House Christopher Morley I'm glad our house is a little house, Not too tall nor too wide: I'm glad the hovering b...
The Secret Cavern
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The Secret Cavern Margaret Widdemer Underneath the boardwalk, way, way back, There's a splendid cavern, big and black- If you want to g...
The Little Rose Tree
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The Little Rose Tree Rachel Field Every rose on the little tree Is making a different face at me! Some look surprised when I pass by, And ot...
The Family Dragon
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The Family Dragon (With acknowledgments to Kenneth Grahame) Margaret Widdemer Last night there walked across our lawn a beast we didn'...
Sea Shell
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Sea Shell Amy Lowell Sea Shell, Sea Shell, Sing me a song, O please! A song of ships, and sailor men, And parrots, and tropical trees, Of i...
Where Go the Boats?
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Where Go the Boats? Robert Louis Stevenson Dark brown is the river. Golden is the sand, It flows along forever, With trees on either hand. G...
Serious Omission
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Serious Omission John Farrar I know that there are dragons, St. George's, Jason's, too, And many modern dragons With scales of gre...
Farewell to the Farm
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Farewell to the Farm Robert Louis Stevenson The coach is at the door at last; The eager children, mounting fast And kissing hands, in chor...
Bread Making
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Bread Making E. L. M. King Mother's kneading, kneading dough, In and out her knuckles go; Till the sticky, shapeless lump Grows a pillo...
The General Store
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General Store Rachel Field Some day I'm going to have a store With a tinkly bell hung over the door, With real glass cases and counte...
Little
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Little Dorothy Aldis I am the sister of him And he is my brother. He is too little for us To talk to each other. So every morning I show h...
The Circus
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The Circus Elizabeth Madox Roberts Friday came and the circus was there, And Mother said that the twins and I And Charles and Clarence and a...
Doorbells
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Doorbells Rachel Field You never know with a doorbell Who may be ringing it- It may be Great-Aunt Cynthia To spend the day and knit; It may...
The Animal Store
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The Animal Store Rachel Field If I had a hundred dollars to spend, Or maybe a little more, I'd hurry as fast as my legs would go Straig...
The Horse
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The Horse James Stephens A sparrow hopped about the street, And he was not a bit afraid; He flew between a horse's feet, And ate his su...
Little Tiger Cat
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Little Tiger Cat Annette Wynne Little Tiger Cat with the spotted face, Do you think you've found a baby-jungle- place? Going through t...
The Duck
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The Duck by E. L. M. King If I were in a fairy tale, And it were my good luck To have a wish, I'd choose to be A lovely snow-white duc...
Hiding
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Hiding Dorothy Aldis I"m hiding, I'm hiding, And no one knows where; For all they can see is my Toes and my hair. And I just heard...
Roads
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Roads Rachel Field A road might lead to anywhere- To harbor towns and quays, Or to a witch's pointed house Hidden by bristly trees. It...
Barefoot Days
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Barefoot Days Rachel Field In the morning, very early, That's the time I love to go Barefoot where the fern grows curly And grass is c...
Cobwebs
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Cobwebs E. L. M. King Between me and the rising sun, This way and that the cobwebs run; Their myriad wavering lines of light Dance up the hi...
The Day Before April
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The Day before April Mary Carolyn Davies The day before April Alone, alone, I walked in the woods And sat on a stone. I sat on a broad stone...
Monday, May 8, 2023
The Juggler
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THE JUGGLER There was a squirrel once- An idle rogue was he, He had no store of winter nuts Beneath his greenwood tree. So when the leaves ...
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