Poems of Childhood
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- First published
- 1904
- Pages
- 152Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 4 of 10
A little about the story
The best-loved poems of Eugene Field, the poet of childhood, gathered into one book. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, The Sugar-Plum Tree, The Duel between the gingham dog and the calico cat, and Little Boy Blue are all here, with lullabies, Christmas poems and gentle verses of love and loss.
This edition is beautifully illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, whose glowing pictures are among his most famous work.
Things You May Not Know About Poems of Childhood
- Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, whose pictures for this book are among his best known.
- Published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1904.
- Collected from earlier books, including With Trumpet and Drum and Love-Songs of Childhood.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
