Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages

Description Here are old favorites by beloved writers of children’s literature, as well as exciting rediscoveries and wonderful works penned by writers better known for their adult classics, such as Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, and Walt Whitman. Encompassing the natural world and the supernatural; childhood, romance, and death; pets, wild animals, and goblins; mystery, adventure, and humor; the selections reflect the passion and erudition of our most revered literary critic. Arranged by season, Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages is a must-have anthology, sure to delight readers young and old for years to come. Contents Introduction Book I….Spring The Human Seasons John Keats The Song of the Four Winds Thomas Love Peacock The Wind and The Rain William Shakespeare The Ass Eating Thistles Aesop A Crazy Tale Gilbert Keith Chesterton How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin Rudyard Kipling The Message of the March Wind William Morris A Musical Instrument Elizabeth Barrett Browning Little Birds of the Night Stephen Crane There Was A Child Went Forth Walt Whitman Reflections Lafcadio Hearn The Owl and The Pussy-Cat Edward Lear Old May Song Anonymous “Home No More Home To Me” Robert Louis Stevenson The Fairies William Allingham Green Grass Anonymous “Beautiful Soup, So Rich and Green” Lewis Carroll “Gay Go Up, and Gay Go Down” Anonymous “Here We Come A Piping” Anonymous “Hey Nonny No!” Anonymous “I Had A Little Nut-Tree” Anonymous The Lincolnshire Poacher Anonymous Complements Emile Zola Book II….Summer The King of the Golden River John Ruskin The Jumblies Edward Lear A Runnable Stag John Davidson A Pig-Tale Lewis Carroll The Elephant’s Child Rudyard Kipling The Bottle Imp Robert Louis Stevenson “I Saw A Peacock With A Fiery Tail” Anonymous “In Winter, When The Fields Are White” Lewis Carroll “Echo’s Lament For Narcissus” Ben Jonson The Way Through The Woods Rudyard Kipling The Remarkable Rocket Oscar Wilde Journalism In Tennessee Mark Twain Roaring Mad Tom Anonymous The Mad Gardener’s Song Lewis Carroll The War-Song of Dinas Vawr thomas Love Peacock “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” Rudyard Kipling Uncle David’s Nonsensical Story About Giants and Fairies Catherine Sinclair The Fox and The Hedgehog Aesop The Goose-Girl Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde Mary De Morgan August algernon Charles Swinburne The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Edward Lear The Crow and The Pitcher Aesop The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky Stephen Crane Humpty Dumpty Lewis C