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The Crescent Moon

Rabindranath Tagore · 26 poems · 72 pages · free to read · great for children

Tagore’s prose poems about childhood: a child and mother imagining fairylands, paper boats, clouds and waves. Gentle read-alouds for all ages.

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Contents

  1. The Home (open in book)
  2. On the Seashore (open in book)
  3. The Source (open in book)
  4. The Beginning (open in book)
  5. Baby's World (open in book)
  6. When and Why (open in book)
  7. Playthings (open in book)
  8. The Astronomer (open in book)
  9. Clouds and Waves (open in book)
  10. The Champa Flower (open in book)
  11. Fairyland (open in book)
  12. The Rainy Day (open in book)
  13. Paper Boats (open in book)
  14. The Sailor (open in book)
  15. The Further Bank (open in book)
  16. The Flower-School (open in book)
  17. The Merchant (open in book)
  18. Vocation (open in book)
  19. Twelve O'clock (open in book)
  20. The Wicked Postman (open in book)
  21. The First Jasmines (open in book)
  22. The Banyan Tree (open in book)
  23. Benediction (open in book)
  24. The Gift (open in book)
  25. My Song (open in book)
  26. The Child-Angel (open in book)

Sources

The poems in this collection are in the public domain. This is a reading edition, not a Pagine Original.

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