The Pied Piper, and other Favourite Poems

Here are sixty of the finest and most entertaining poems for younger listeners. There are nonsense poems (`The Jumblies') classic animal poems (`The Snail') stories of adventure (`The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens') and Robert Browning's classic tale of adults getting their come-uppance - The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Modern poetry also makes its contribution with wordplay (`Zoe's Ear-rings') and images of nature (`Weathers'). Though principally aimed at eight to thirteen-year-olds, this is a co...