Here are twelve great poems all kids should know. If you want your child to love the wonder and power of words, this is a great place to start! Poems include 1. The Shooting of Dan McGrew – Robert Service 2. The House That Jack Built - Randolph Caldecott 3. Eldorado - Edgar Allan Poe 4. Casey at the Bat - Ernest Lawrence Thayer 5. The Highwayman - Alfred Noyes 6. The Cremation of Sam McGee - Robert Service 7. Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll 8. If - Rudyard Kipling 9.Robert Louis Stevenson - The Land of Nod 10. The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe 11. Casey at the Bat - Ernest Lawrence Thayer 12. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod - Eugene Field