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Boys and Girls

James W. Foley (1874 - 1939)

A collection of charming poems by James W. Foley, Poet Laureate of North Dakota where he was also city editor of the Bismarck Tribune. Each poem is written from the point of view of children or about children. (Summary by Larry Wilson)

Genre(s): Single author

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Away	Larry Wilson	00:02:15
Play 02	The Reciprocity of Smiles	Nichalia Schwartz	00:01:52
Play 03	A Domestic Ripple	Ellies	00:03:13
Play 04	The Adams’s Boys	mleigh	00:02:39
Play 05	Billy Peeble’s Christmas	Ellies	00:06:40
Play 06	The Way He Used to Do	Ellies	00:01:51
Play 07	A Boy’s Vacation Time	Ellies	00:02:35
Play 08	A Boy’s Choice	Ellies	00:02:27
Play 09	A Discouraged Kindergartner	ambsweet13	00:02:23
Play 10	The Delusion of Ghosts	mleigh	00:01:52
Play 11	A Story of Self-Sacrifice	Ellies	00:03:31
Play 12	The Lost Child	Ellies	00:02:17
Play 13	Doughnutting Time	ambsweet13	00:02:23
Play 14	A Modern Miracle	Josh Ausfahl	00:01:16
Play 15	Nervoustown	mleigh	00:02:42
Play 16	Song of Summer Days	mleigh	00:01:24
Play 17	What Mother Doesn’t Know	mleigh	00:02:40
Play 18	So Lonesome Now	nighthawks	00:02:26
Play 19	A Little Love Story	Larry Wilson	00:02:26
Play 20	On a Noiseless Fourth	yaumixx	00:02:29
Play 21	Conscious Ignorance	nighthawks	00:01:53
Play 22	The Playtime of Bachelor Bill	Alan Mapstone	00:02:41
Play 23	How Henry Blake Knows	nighthawks	00:01:42
Play 24	The Land of Blow Bubbles	SmilingJade	00:03:06
Play 25	The Gingercake Man	lmcnatt	00:01:42
Play 26	Lonesome	mleigh	00:02:45
Play 27	The Garden of Play	Carli	00:01:47
Play 28	We Ain’t Scared of Pa	mleigh	00:01:55
Play 29	A Pearl of Price	Teamimono	00:01:27
Play 30	Dear Little, Queer Little Man	Damien1110	00:02:08
Play 31	Girl of Mine	samjn	00:01:29
Play 32	Chums	mleigh	00:02:18
Play 33	The Lost Boy	Damien1110	00:01:52
Play 34	Lines to a Baby Girl	Michelle Thompson	00:02:02
Play 35	Little Mischefuss	mleigh	00:02:16
Play 36	The Travels of Mortimer Brown	mleigh	00:03:06
Play 37	Adventurers Three	Teamimono	00:02:29
Play 38	When They Love You So	Jody Holman	00:02:03
Play 39	Somebody Did	mleigh	00:02:26
Play 40	The Waders	Alan Mapstone	00:02:24
Play 41	The Prisoned Pupil	Michele Eaton	00:01:57
Play 42	A Prayer for Jimmy Banks	mleigh	00:02:04
Play 43	A Child’s Christmas Prayer	Larry Wilson	00:01:33
Play 44	Henry Blake’s Chum	nighthawks	00:02:34
Play 45	Once Upon a Time	Larry Wilson	00:02:03
Play 46	The Way to School	Katelyn	00:01:47
Play 47	A Present for Little Boy Blue	Damien1110	00:01:45
Play 48	The Evolution of an Adoption	mleigh	00:02:02
Play 49	Some Girls that Mamma Knew	Ellies	00:02:16
Play 50	Gone	Kathleen Moore	00:01:44
Play 51	The Neighbor’s Boys	Kathleen Moore	00:02:17
Play 52	A Quiet Afternoon	Kathleen Moore	00:02:23
Play 53	The Ownerless Toys	Kathleen Moore	00:02:34
Play 54	The Stranger	Kathleen Moore	00:02:00
Play 55	In Vacation Time	Kathleen Moore	00:01:44
Play 56	Bereaved	Kathleen Moore	00:03:18
Play 57	Two Little Maids	nighthawks	00:01:38
Play 58	A New Christmas Carol	Jody Holman	00:02:44
Play 59	The Reconciliation of Pa	Ellies	00:02:39
Play 60	A World without Care	arisakinugawa	00:01:26
Play 61	Right After School	Jennifer Louise	00:03:15
Play 62	A Plea for Old Friends	Alan Mapstone	00:01:43
Play 63	The Boyville Cadets	mleigh	00:03:30
Play 64	A Little Boy I Know	Jennifer Louise	00:03:36
Play 65	Asleep at the Circus	Damien1110	00:02:09
Play 66	The Barriers	nighthawks	00:03:06
Play 67	The Plaint of the New Doll	Ellies	00:02:45
Play 68	A Child’s Almanac	Ellies	00:02:12
Play 69	The Loser	Jason Vu	00:02:58
Play 70	Back to School	Carli	00:02:00
Play 71	Disenchantments	Sebastian LaVine	00:02:02
Play 72	A Rainy Night	Sebastian LaVine	00:01:35
Play 73	Kitchen Miracles	Sebastian LaVine	00:01:06
Play 74	Jim Brady’s Big Brother	Sebastian LaVine	00:01:54
Play 75	The Scapegoat	Sebastian LaVine	00:01:04
Play 76	A Tragedy of Center Field	Sebastian LaVine	00:02:04
Play 77	In Swimming	Sebastian LaVine	00:01:33
Play 78	An Unusual Chum	Sebastian LaVine	00:01:10
Play 79	And Just Then	Alan Mapstone	00:02:49
Play 80	Afterwards	arisakinugawa	00:01:32
Play 81	Circus Day	Damien1110	00:02:01
Play 82	The Tour of a Smile	mleigh	00:02:26
Play 83	When Grandpa Plays	Alan Mapstone	00:02:42
Play 84	The Parted Ways	Damien1110	00:01:53
Play 85	A Message Home	Paul Harvey	00:02:55
Play 86	Lullaby	Damien1110	00:01:22
Play 87	Disguising Toil	mleigh	00:02:47
Play 88	Little Girl with the Curls	ambsweet13	00:02:03
Play 89	My Wonderful Dad	Astrid Weinmann	00:04:04
Play 90	Remembrances, Bill	Astrid Weinmann	00:03:02
Play 91	The Bereavement	MeelahMagnificent	00:03:07
Play 92	In Childhood Time	ChingYi	00:02:16
Play 93	Don’t	Damien1110	00:01:36
Play 94	Extinguished	Alan Mapstone	00:01:17
Play 95	The Uncheered Hero	mleigh	00:01:57
Play 96	Old Hallowe’en Friends	Grace Buchanan	00:02:24
Play 97	A Refuge in Distress	mleigh	00:01:59
Play 98	The Lost Heart	SmilingJade	00:03:34
Play 99	Verses of a Little Child	Grace Buchanan	00:02:28
Play 100	Golden Days in Slowville	Alan Mapstone	00:02:59
Play 101	The Heart of a Child	nighthawks	00:01:48
Play 102	The Strenuous Life	mleigh	00:01:32
Play 103	A Song of Motherhood	SmilingJade	00:03:02
Play 104	Youth	Alan Mapstone	00:02:08
Play 105	After the Years	SmilingJade	00:02:57
Play 106	A Verse to Memory	Damien1110	00:01:55
Play 107	Lest I Forget	HelenaDiamandiz	00:02:17
Play 108	Echo of a Song	lmcnatt	00:01:52
Play 109	Lovers’ Lane	Soeun (Kelly) Park	00:02:37
Play 110	To Children at the Hearth	Grace Buchanan	00:02:28
Play 111	Daddy Knows	mleigh	00:01:57
Play 112	A Toast to the Small Boy	Nicole Foxe	00:02:36
Play 113	An Adventurous Day	Nicole Foxe	00:03:06
Play 114	Poem of the Foragers	Larry Wilson	00:02:12

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