Mother Pitcher’S Poems, For Little People

Childhood is music and mischief. In ’Mother Pitcher’s Poems, For Little People’, Charles Godfrey Leland gathers a bright cascade of rhyming poems for kids that twinkle with humour, warmth and gentle wisdom. These small verses still sparkle. Perfect as short poems for little ones, they slip easily into bedtime, story hour, or a quiet moment curled up together.This classic childrens poetry collection belongs to the golden age of 19th century childrens books and antique Victorian kids poetry, where playfulness and moral and educational verse sit side by side. Leland, a celebrated humourist, shapes humorous childrens poems that nod to everyday adventures, manners and imagination without heavy preaching. The result feels made for read aloud bedtime poems and lively classroom poetry read alouds, inviting children to join in the rhythms and laugh at the gentle surprises.For classic nursery rhyme lovers and Childs Garden of Verses fans, this victorian childrens verse book offers a kindred delight, opening a window onto the language, values and whimsy of an earlier era. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure, appealing equally to families seeking a timeless read-aloud and to collectors building a library of historic childrens literature.