A collection of poems to celebrate childhood. From the make-believe world of "The Land of Counterpane" to the simple pleasure of "At the Seaside", the curiosity of "Auntie's Skirts" to the dreams of "Foreign Lands", these poems capture a child's wonder and fascination with everyday things.

Contents:

• To Alison Cunningham
• Bed In Summer
• A Thought
• At The Sea-Side
• Young Night-Thought
• Whole Duty of Children
• Rain
• Pirate Story
• The Sun Travels
• Windy Nights
• Travel
• Singing
• Looking Forward
• A Good Play
• Where Go The Boats?
• Auntie's Skirts
• The Land of Counterpane
• My Shadow
• The Land of Nod
• System
• A Good Boy
• Escape at Bedtime
• Marching Song
• The Cow
• Happy Thought
• The Wind
• Keepsake Mill
• Good and Bad Children
• Foreign Children
• Foreign Lands
• The Lamplighter
• My Bed is a Boat
• The Moon
• The Swing
• Looking-Glass River
• The Hayloft
• From a Railway Carriage
• Winter-Time
• Time to Rise
• Fairy Bread
• Farewell to the Farm
• North-West Passage
  • Good-Night
  • Shadow March
  • In Port

  The Child Alone
  

• The Unseen Playmate
• My Ship and I
• My Kingdom
• My Treasures
• Picture-Books In Winter
• Block City
• The Land of Story-Books
• Armies In the Fire
• The Little Land

  Garden Days
  

• Night And Day
• Nest Eggs
• The Flowers
• Summer Sun
• The Dumb Soldier
• Autumn Fires
• The Gardner
• Historical Associations

  Envoys
  

• To Willie and Henrietta
• To My Mother
• To Auntie
• To Minnie
• To My Name-Child
• To Any Reader