The Nation’s Favourite Children’s Poems

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The Owl and the Pussy Cat Edward Lear , Bernard Cribbins

02:29

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2.

Slowly Samantha Bond

00:33

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3.

Someone Walter de la Mare , Eleanor Bron

00:50

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4.

The Fairies Michael Maloney

02:00

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5.

Sing a Song of Sixpence [traditional] , Eleanor Bron

00:41

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6.

The King’s Breakfast A.A. Milne , Bernard Cribbins

01:48

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7.

Teeth Spike Milligan , Michael Maloney

00:31

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8.

Oh I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth Pam Ayres , Eleanor Bron

01:45

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9.

The Sleepy Giant Charles E. Carryl , Bernard Cribbins

01:12

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10.

Jim Who… Was Eaten by a Lion Hilaire Belloc , Samantha Bond

02:23

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11.

The Camel’s Complaint Charles E. Carryl , Michael Maloney

02:00

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12.

The Hump Rudyard Kipling , Bernard Cribbins

01:30

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13.

Happiness A.A. Milne , Samantha Bond

00:21

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14.

Good and Bad Children Robert Louis Stevenson , Eleanor Bron

01:03

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15.

Disobedience A.A. Milne , Bernard Cribbins

01:43

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16.

The World’s Most Popular Mother Samantha Bond

01:07

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17.

The Trouble With My Sister Brian Patten , Michael Maloney

01:09

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18.

I Know Someone Who Can Michael Rosen , Bernard Cribbins

01:49

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19.

The Adventures of Isabel Ogden Nash , Eleanor Bron

02:14

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20.

Matilda Hilaire Belloc , Bernard Cribbins

02:10

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21.

The Day I Got My Finger Stuck Up My Nose Brian Patten , Michael Maloney

00:57

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22.

Timothy Winters Charles Causley , Eleanor Bron

01:37

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23.

First Day at School Roger McGough , Samantha Bond

01:32

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24.

Please Mrs Butler Bernard Cribbins , Eleanor Bron

00:47

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25.

Don’t Michael Rosen , Michael Maloney

00:47

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26.

Homework, Oh Homework Samantha Bond

00:40

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27.

What Shall We Do With the Grumpy Teacher Eleanor Bron , Bernard Cribbins

01:43

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28.

The ABC Spike Milligan , Bernard Cribbins

01:23

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29.

In the Summer Thomas Hood , Michael Maloney

02:28

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30.

Bed in Summer Robert Louis Stevenson , Samantha Bond

00:41

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31.

The Star Jane Taylor , Eleanor Bron

01:11

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32.

Wynken Blynken and Nod Eugene Field , Bernard Cribbins

02:00

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33.

I Like to Stay Up Grace Nichols , Eleanor Bron

00:37

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34.

Kate’s Unicorn Adrian Henri , Eleanor Bron

01:12

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35.

Nightening Michael Maloney

00:45

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1.

On the Ning Nang Nong Spike Milligan , Michael Maloney

01:27

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2.

Triolet (I Wish I Were a Jelly Fish) Gilbert Keith Chesterton , Bernard Cribbins

00:24

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3.

I Saw a Ship A-Sailing [traditional] , Eleanor Bron

00:56

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4.

The Jumblies Edward Lear , Eleanor Bron , Bernard Cribbins

03:38

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5.

Maggie and Milly and Molly and May E. E. Cummings , Samantha Bond

00:44

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6.

Pirate Story Robert Louis Stevenson , Michael Maloney

00:53

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7.

Duck’s Ditty Kenneth Grahame , Eleanor Bron

00:43

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8.

Little Trotty Wagtail John Clare , Samantha Bond

00:50

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9.

A Boy’s Song James Hogg , Michael Maloney

01:12

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10.

Us Two A.A. Milne , Bernard Cribbins

01:44

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11.

The Grass House Shirley Hughes , Samantha Bond

00:40

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12.

The Tickle Rhyme Michael Maloney

00:16

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13.

Today I Saw a Little Worm Spike Milligan , Bernard Cribbins

00:17

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14.

The Pobble Who Has No Toes Edward Lear , Eleanor Bron

02:20

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15.

The Microbe Hilaire Belloc , Samantha Bond

00:43

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16.

The African Lion A. E. Housman , Bernard Cribbins

00:51

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17.

Poor Old Lady [traditional] , Michael Maloney

02:38

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18.

The Bear Samantha Bond

01:21

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19.

Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll , Bernard Cribbins

02:09

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20.

Don’t Call Alligator Longmouth Michael Maloney

00:40

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21.

Sand Eleanor Bron

00:29

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22.

The Tale of Custard the Dragon Ogden Nash , Samantha Bond

02:56

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23.

Song of Mr Toad Kenneth Grahame , Bernard Cribbins

01:03

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24.

What Way Does the Wind Come? Dorothy Wordsworth , Eleanor Bron

02:39

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25.

The Land of Story Books Robert Louis Stevenson , Michael Maloney

01:19

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26.

The Dong with a Luminous Nose Edward Lear , Bernard Cribbins

05:42

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27.

Windy Nights Robert Louis Stevenson , Samantha Bond

00:38

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28.

The Cat’s Protection League Roger McGough , Bernard Cribbins

00:59

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29.

Aliens Stole My Underpants Brian Moses , Michael Maloney

01:16

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30.

Rain Spike Milligan , Bernard Cribbins

00:20

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31.

Waiting at the Window A.A. Milne , Samantha Bond

01:05

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32.

Days Brian Moses , Eleanor Bron

00:43

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33.

The More it Snows A.A. Milne , Bernard Cribbins

00:35

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34.

The Computer’s First Christmas Card Edwin Morgan , Eleanor Bron

00:37

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35.

Talking Turkeys!! Benjamin Zephaniah , Michael Maloney

02:10

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36.

A Child’s Calendar George Mackay Brown , Samantha Bond , Eleanor Bron , Bernard Cribbins , Michael Maloney

02:51

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