A Book for Kids

C. J. Dennis dedicated his work A Book for Kids to 'good children over four and under 84'. First published in 1921, this is a marvellous collection of verse and stories full of vitality and fun told by well-known actor Colin Friels.

This selection of familiar poems and stories includes:

• 'The Sailor'
• 'Our Cow'
• 'The Porter'
• 'The Looking Glass'
• 'The Triantiwontigongolope'
• 'The Circus'
• 'The Long Road Home'
• 'The Music of Your Voice'
• 'Woolloomooloo'
• 'The Pieman'
• 'Cuppacumalonga'
• 'The Ant Explorer'
• 'The Barber'
• 'The Spotted Heifers'
• 'The Teacher'
• 'A Change of Air'
• 'Hist!'
• 'Going to School'
• 'The Postman'
• 'Tea Talk'
• 'Upon the Road to Rockabout'
• 'You and I'
• 'The Baker'

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