Kids Read To Us

Kids Read To Us

By Anya KarthikKids & FamilyStories for Kids
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Kids Read To Us episodes

  • A Birthday - Christina Rosetti

    There are a few new words in this poem that I looked up.

    Halcyon sea - It means peaceful sea.

    Vair - This is a type of squirrel fur.

    Dias - A raised platform in a large room that people stand on to speak in front of an audience.


    A Birthday

    BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

    My heart is like a singing bird

    Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;

    My heart is like an apple-tree

    Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;

    My heart is like a rainbow shell

    That paddles in a halcyon sea;

    My heart is gladder than all these

    Because my love is come to me.

    Raise me a dais of silk and down;

    Hang it with vair and purple dyes;

    Carve it in doves and pomegranates,

    And peacocks with a hundred eyes;

    Work it in gold and silver grapes,

    In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys;

    Because the birthday of my life

    Is come, my love is come to me.

    2 min
  • I Ate A Chilli Pepper - Barbara Vance
    I Ate a Chili Pepper

    I ate a chili pepper

    One a lunch-time dare;
    Sandy said I’d burn my mouth,
    But I didn’t care.

    I ate that chili pepper—

    Left not a seed to waste—
    And won that truly silly bet,
    But lost my sense of taste.


    1 min
  • Five Little Chickens - Anonymous

    Five little chickens want breakfast and they are asking their mother for seeds, worms, slugs and rocks. 

    I've read it and I've said it and now I'll share it with you. 

    You can say cluck but don't say MOO!

    2 min
  • Escape At Bedtime - Robert Louis Stevenson

    This is a short poem about a girl/boy looking out of his window and telling us what he sees. He tells us about the boats, lights and other things he sees.



    Escape at Bedtime

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out

    Through the blinds and the windows and bars;And high overhead and all moving about,
    There were thousands of millions of stars.
    There ne’er were such thousands of leaves on a tree,
    Nor of people in church or the Park,
    As the crowds of the stars that looked down upon me,
    And that glittered and winked in the dark.

    The Dog, and the Plough, and the Hunter, and all,

    And the star of the sailor, and Mars,
    These shone in the sky, and the pail by the wall
    Would be half full of water and stars.
    They saw me at last, and they chased me with cries,
    And they soon had me packed into bed;
    But the glory kept shining and bright in my eyes,
    And the stars going round in my head.

    2 min
  • My Missing Shoe - Kate Miller - Willson

    This is a poem about losing a shoe. It is also dedicated to my little brother Om. 

    Also check out my other episodes with poems from David Whyte, Roald Dahl, Robert Frost, Lewis Carroll, Darren Sardelli, AA Milne, Robert Louis Stevenson and many more!

    2 min
  • True Love - David Whyte

    This poem is dedicated to our friends Vinod (Yoda) and Adi on the day of their wedding reception. We love you and we wish you the best on your marriage. 

    3 min

About Kids Read To Us

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My name is Anya karthik and I started this podcast when I was 8 years old. I'm 10 now. I love reading poems and stories. I started this podcast with the help of my parents to share my love for reading. This podcast contains kids reading all kinds of fun poems and stories. These short episodes will hopefully help everyone connect with poetry and prose.