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Boys and Girls

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

A collection of charming poems by James W. Foley, Poet Laureate of North Dakota where he was also city editor of the Bismarck Tribune. Each poem is written from the point of view of children or about children. (Summary by Larry Wilson) (4 hr 22 min)

Chapters

Away

2:15

Read by Larry Wilson

The Reciprocity of Smiles

1:52

Read by Nichalia Schwartz

A Domestic Ripple

3:13

Read by Ellies

The Adams’s Boys

2:39

Read by mleigh

Billy Peeble’s Christmas

6:40

Read by Ellies

The Way He Used to Do

1:51

Read by Ellies

A Boy’s Vacation Time

2:35

Read by Ellies

A Boy’s Choice

2:27

Read by Ellies

A Discouraged Kindergartner

2:23

Read by ambsweet13

The Delusion of Ghosts

1:52

Read by mleigh

A Story of Self-Sacrifice

3:31

Read by Ellies

The Lost Child

2:17

Read by Ellies

Doughnutting Time

2:23

Read by ambsweet13

A Modern Miracle

1:16

Read by Josh Ausfahl

Nervoustown

2:42

Read by mleigh

Song of Summer Days

1:24

Read by mleigh

What Mother Doesn’t Know

2:40

Read by mleigh

So Lonesome Now

2:26

Read by nighthawks

A Little Love Story

2:26

On a Noiseless Fourth

2:29

Read by yaumixx

Conscious Ignorance

1:53

Read by nighthawks

The Playtime of Bachelor Bill

2:41

Read by Alan Mapstone

How Henry Blake Knows

1:42

Read by nighthawks

The Land of Blow Bubbles

3:06

Read by SmilingJade

The Gingercake Man

1:42

Read by lmcnatt

Lonesome

2:45

Read by mleigh

The Garden of Play

1:47

Read by Carli

We Ain’t Scared of Pa

1:55

Read by mleigh

A Pearl of Price

1:27

Read by Teamimono

Dear Little, Queer Little Man

2:08

Read by Damien1110

Girl of Mine

1:29

Read by samjn

Chums

2:18

Read by mleigh

The Lost Boy

1:52

Read by Damien1110

Lines to a Baby Girl

2:02

Read by Michelle Thompson

Little Mischefuss

2:16

Read by mleigh

The Travels of Mortimer Brown

3:06

Read by mleigh

Adventurers Three

2:29

Read by Teamimono

When They Love You So

2:03

Read by Jody Holman

Somebody Did

2:26

Read by mleigh

The Waders

2:24

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Prisoned Pupil

1:57

Read by Michele Eaton

A Prayer for Jimmy Banks

2:04

Read by mleigh

A Child’s Christmas Prayer

1:33

Henry Blake’s Chum

2:34

Read by nighthawks

Once Upon a Time

2:03

The Way to School

1:47

Read by Katelyn

A Present for Little Boy Blue

1:45

Read by Damien1110

The Evolution of an Adoption

2:02

Read by mleigh

Some Girls that Mamma Knew

2:16

Read by Ellies

Gone

1:44

Read by Kathleen Moore

The Neighbor’s Boys

2:17

Read by Kathleen Moore

A Quiet Afternoon

2:23

Read by Kathleen Moore

The Ownerless Toys

2:34

Read by Kathleen Moore

The Stranger

2:00

Read by Kathleen Moore

In Vacation Time

1:44

Read by Kathleen Moore

Bereaved

3:18

Read by Kathleen Moore

Two Little Maids

1:38

Read by nighthawks

A New Christmas Carol

2:44

Read by Jody Holman

The Reconciliation of Pa

2:39

Read by Ellies

A World without Care

1:26

Read by arisakinugawa

Right After School

3:15

Read by Jennifer Louise

A Plea for Old Friends

1:43

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Boyville Cadets

3:30

Read by mleigh

A Little Boy I Know

3:36

Read by Jennifer Louise

Asleep at the Circus

2:09

Read by Damien1110

The Barriers

3:06

Read by nighthawks

The Plaint of the New Doll

2:45

Read by Ellies

A Child’s Almanac

2:12

Read by Ellies

The Loser

2:58

Read by Jason Vu

Back to School

2:00

Read by Carli

Disenchantments

2:02

Read by Sebastian LaVine

A Rainy Night

1:35

Read by Sebastian LaVine

Kitchen Miracles

1:06

Read by Sebastian LaVine

Jim Brady’s Big Brother

1:54

Read by Sebastian LaVine

The Scapegoat

1:04

Read by Sebastian LaVine

A Tragedy of Center Field

2:04

Read by Sebastian LaVine

In Swimming

1:33

Read by Sebastian LaVine

An Unusual Chum

1:10

Read by Sebastian LaVine

And Just Then

2:49

Read by Alan Mapstone

Afterwards

1:32

Read by arisakinugawa

Circus Day

2:01

Read by Damien1110

The Tour of a Smile

2:26

Read by mleigh

When Grandpa Plays

2:42

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Parted Ways

1:53

Read by Damien1110

A Message Home

2:55

Read by Paul Harvey

Lullaby

1:22

Read by Damien1110

Disguising Toil

2:47

Read by mleigh

Little Girl with the Curls

2:03

Read by ambsweet13

My Wonderful Dad

4:04

Read by Astrid Weinmann

Remembrances, Bill

3:02

Read by Astrid Weinmann

The Bereavement

3:07

Read by MeelahMagnificent

In Childhood Time

2:16

Read by ChingYi

Don’t

1:36

Read by Damien1110

Extinguished

1:17

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Uncheered Hero

1:57

Read by mleigh

Old Hallowe’en Friends

2:24

Read by Grace Buchanan

A Refuge in Distress

1:59

Read by mleigh

The Lost Heart

3:34

Read by SmilingJade

Verses of a Little Child

2:28

Read by Grace Buchanan

Golden Days in Slowville

2:59

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Heart of a Child

1:48

Read by nighthawks

The Strenuous Life

1:32

Read by mleigh

A Song of Motherhood

3:02

Read by SmilingJade

Youth

2:08

Read by Alan Mapstone

After the Years

2:57

Read by SmilingJade

A Verse to Memory

1:55

Read by Damien1110

Lest I Forget

2:17

Read by HelenaDiamandiz

Echo of a Song

1:52

Read by lmcnatt

Lovers’ Lane

2:37

Read by Soeun (Kelly) Park

To Children at the Hearth

2:28

Read by Grace Buchanan

Daddy Knows

1:57

Read by mleigh

A Toast to the Small Boy

2:36

Read by Nicole Foxe

An Adventurous Day

3:06

Read by Nicole Foxe

Poem of the Foragers

2:12

Read by Larry Wilson