C.J. Dennis dedicated his work A Book for Kids to ‘good children over four and under eighty four’. First published in 1921, this is a marvellous collection of verse and stories full of vitality and fun told by well-known actor Colin Friels.

This selection of familiar poems and stories includes: The Sailor Our Cow The Porter The Looking Glass The Triantiwontigongolope The Circus The Long Road Home The Music of Your Voice Woolloomooloo The Pieman Cuppacumalonga The Ant Explorer The Barber The Spotted Heifers The Teacher A Change of Air Hist! Going to School The Postman Tea Talk Upon the Road to Rockabout You and I The Baker