 | Story Poems |
| Classic poems that tell a story. For contemporary and longer works, please see our Novels and Stories in Verse list. | |
Picture Books (JE)
| Field | Wynken, Blynken and Nod |
| Howitt | The Spider and the Fly |
| Longfellow | The Children's Hour |
| Nash | The Tale of Custard the Dragon |
Nonfiction, Folktales & Poetry
| J811 Carmer | The Boy Drummer of Vincennes |
| J811 Dickey | Bronwen, the Traw and the Shape-Shifter |
| J811 Frost | Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening |
| J811 Longfellow | Paul Revere's Ride |
| J811 Longfellow | The Song of Hiawatha |
| J811 Millay | The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver |
| J811 Riley | Little Orphant Annie |
| J811 Service | The Cremation of Sam McGee |
| J811 Service | The Shooting of Dan McGrew |
| J811 Thayer | Casey at the Bat |
| J811 Whittier | Barbara Frietchie |
| J811 Willard | Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymous Bosch |
| J821 Belloc | Matilda, Who Told Lies, and Was Burned to Death |
| J821 Browning | The Pied Piper of Hamelin |
| J821 Carroll | Jabberwocky (Also JE Carroll ) |
| J821 Carroll | The Walrus and the Carpenter, and Other Poems |
| J821 Coleridge | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| J821 Eliot | Mr. Mistoffelees; with, Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer |
| J821 Lear | The Jumblies |
| J821 Lear | The Owl and the Pussycat (Also JE Lear and JE821 Lear) |
| J821 Oxford | The Oxford Book of Story Poems |
| J821 Tennyson | The Charge of the Light Brigade |
| J821 Wordsorth | Lucy Gray, or, Solitude |
| J821.08 Parker | 100 Story Poems |
| J881 Homer | Hermes, Lord of Robbers |
| Y811 O'Huigin | The Ghost Horse of the Mounties |
| Y811 Poe | The Raven |
| Y821 Noyes | The Highwayman |
| Y821 Tennyson | The Lady of Shalott |
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Wilmette Public Library Youth Department
www.wilmettelibrary.info/kids Last Updated 10/08 |