Nonsense ballads and gentle lyrics for children, beginning with Elfin Jack the Giant-Killer, who slays a hornet playing a cornet out of tune. There are verses about the Mayor of Scuttleton, snow, Christmas bells, March winds, garden songs, ants and burs, alongside quieter poems about little beginnings and a boy whose pipe sets the birds singing.
Lively verse from the author of Hans Brinker and the long-time editor of St. Nicholas. Download the free EPUB.