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Under the Tree

by Elizabeth Madox Roberts

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First published
1922
Pages
36Digital edition
Language
English
Reading difficulty
2 of 10

A little about the story

Poems written in the voice of a child in rural Kentucky: watching the sky, playing under the tree, picnics, visitors and the small wonders of country life.

Elizabeth Madox Roberts, later a famous novelist, wrote these with a remarkable ear for a child's way of seeing.

Things You May Not Know About Under the Tree

  • Roberts's first major book. She later wrote the celebrated novel The Time of Man.
  • Published by B. W. Huebsch in 1922.
  • Written entirely in a child's voice.

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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.

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