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    Rhymes Of Childhood

    By James Whitcomb Riley

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    About this ebook

    James Whitcomb Riley (1849 –1916) was an American writer, poet, and best selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively.
    The contents of this beautiful book include: Little Orphant Annie, The Raggedy Man, Curly Locks, The Funny Little Fellow, The Happy Little Cripple, The Squirtgun Uncle Maked Me, The Nine Little Goblins, Time Of Clearer Twitterings, The Circus-Day Parade, The Lugubrious Whing-Whang, Waitin' Fer The Cat To Die, Naughty Claude, The Pixy People, The Bear Story and many more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateApr 16, 2013
    ISBN9781473388437
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