Literary Works for Children Ages 6–8 — Page 7

Willy Boy, Willy Boy, Where Are You Going WILLY boy, Willy boy, where are you going? I’ll go with you, if I may. “I’m going to the meadow to see them a mowing; I’m going to help them, make hay.”…

Old King Cole OLD King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler, he had…

Great A, Little A GREAT A, little a, Bouncing B! The cat’s in the cupboard, And can’t see me. If Ifs And Ands IF ifs and ands, Were pots and pans, There would be no need for tinkers! Tell Tale,…

The Man In The Moon THE man in the moon, Came tumbling down, And ask’d his way to Norwich, He went by the south, And burnt his mouth With supping cold pease-porridge. My Dear, Do You Know MY dear, do…

To Make Your Candles Last For A’ TO make your candles last for a’, You wives and maids give ear-o! To put ’em out’s the only way, Says honest John Boldero. St. Swithin’S Day, If Thou Dost Rain ST. SWITHIN’s…

One Misty Moisty Morning ONE misty moisty morning, When cloudy was the weather, There I met an old man Clothed all in leather; Clothed all in leather, With cap under his chin,— How do you do, and how do you…

I Went To The Wood And Got It I WENT to the wood and got it; I sat me down and looked at it; The more I looked at it the less I liked it; And I brought it home…

Cushy Cow Bonny, Let Down Thy Milk CUSHY cow bonny, let down thy milk, And I will give thee a gown of silk; A gown of silk and a silver tee, If thou wilt let down thy milk to me.…

Of course there was nobody for us to play with on the Big Half Moon, but then, as Claude says, you can’t have everything. We just had to make the most of each other, and we did. The Big Half…

The month before Christmas was always the most exciting and mysterious time in the Joseph household. Such scheming and planning, such putting of curly heads together in corners, such counting of small hoards, such hiding and smuggling of things out…

There was once a widow who had two daughters—one of whom was pretty and industrious, while the other was ugly and idle. But she was much fonder of the ugly and idle one, because she was her own daughter; and…

In the olden time, when wishing was having, there lived a King, whose daughters were all beautiful; but the youngest was so exceedingly beautiful that the Sun himself, although he saw her very, very often, was delighted every time she…

There lived a tailor who had only one son, and he was extremely small, not any larger than your thumb, and so was called Tom Thumb. However, he was a courageous little fellow, and he told his father, “Father, I…

A poor widow once lived in a little cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden, in which were growing two rose trees; one of these bore white roses, and the other red. She had two children, who resembled…

Once upon a time there lived a man, whose wife had died; and a woman, also, who had lost her husband: and this man and this woman had each a daughter. These two maidens were friendly with each other, and…

There was once a poor Miller who had a beautiful daughter, and one day, having to go to speak with the King, he said, in order to make himself appear of consequence, that he had a daughter who could spin…

Once upon a time there dwelt near a large wood a poor woodcutter, with his wife and two children by his former marriage, a little boy called Hansel, and a girl named Grethel. He had little enough to break or…

Once upon a time there was a Woman, who had three daughters, the eldest of whom was named One-Eye, because she had but a single eye, and that placed in the middle of her forehead; the second was called Two-Eyes,…