100 Poems Every Child -and adult- Should Know

A collection of poems by some of the most famous authors, that will make both children and adults fall in love with the magic of Classic Poetry.

By: Valeska Matti

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

This carefully compiled anthology aims to bring Classic Poetry back to your night and coffee tables. It will give you and your families a great excuse to spend quality time together, reading, interpreting, debating, and discovering how magical words can be.

This is a book of poetry for everyone, and not -only- aimed at children, as the title might suggest. It is an excuse for adults to buy it for their entire family and discover, together, the magic of Classic Poetry. Also great as a gift or to enrich your own collection.

The 100 Poems in this collection are distributed in seven themes:

• Of Life and Love
• Of Earth and Sky
• Of Flora and Fauna
• Of Simple Things
• Of Common People and not so Common Virtues
• Of Real Adventures and not so Real Tales
• Of Faith, Sadness, and Sorrow

You will find masterpieces from the following famous authors, amongst many others:

Alexander Pope - Charles Dickens - Elizabeth Barrett Browning -Robert Burns - Rudyard Kipling - Felicia Hemans - Lewis Carrol -Alfred Tennyson - Emily Elizabeth Dickinson - Anne Bradstreet - Robert Browning - Eugene Field - Walt Whitman - Sara Teasdale

Please feel free to explore the index of poems with the “Look Inside” feature. You will find:

• Simple and short poems such as A Word, by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
• Love declarations such as The Maiden, by Sara Teasdale
• Profound messages such as If…, by Rudyard Kipling
• Humorous fantasies such as The Duel, by Eugene Field
• Historical tales such as The Landing of the Pilgrims, by Felicia Hemans
• Adventures with a dose of tragedy such as O Captain! My Captain!, by Walt Whitman
• Pieces which became popular songs such as Soon May the Wellerman Come, the anonymous New Zealand Folk Song
• ...and 93 more!

Nice little book

A great selection of poems, though some are not complete. The author explains that these poems are long and might appeal to a child better in a shorter version. The virtual voice is much better than expected, except when reading some non verbal elements such as “underscore “. I enjoyed reading this book.

Classic poems

I liked the old favorites. It's good to see that they are still around. They are poems that everyone knows and, as the author said at the end of the book, poetry has almost become a lost art. Families used to sit together and read poetry. One was also able to attend poetry readings in public places. These things have all but disappeared in my lifetime. With smartphones, computers, DVDs, and satellite TVs, people are too distracted. I am so glad that I was exposed to poetry at a very early age, because it became a lifelong pursuit for me. This is an excellent book! 👍

Time like these

It is the ripe moment for me poetry . It is not tongue in cheek but is a statement of simple realism. A fine crafted poem opens a portal to infinity in finite time . Do yourself a favor and listen to this

Poor Narration

Poetry is not a great genre for audio book in general but definitely not for virtual narration.

AI seems not yet ready for poetry

It made me sad that a child might listen to this. Loved the title. Loved much of the content. However, the virtual voice was basically monotone and the readings of most poems fell flat. I can only imagine a child concluding that poetry is boring.

I have listened to other fabulous poetry slections on Audible. I wish this audio book could have had a smiliar heart and a human --- or more nuanced -- reader.