
THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
37. Humpty Dumpty's Little Son
The Dumpy Books for Children. CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo 1/- NET EACH.
HUMPTY DUMPTY'S LITTLE SON.
HUMPTY DUMPTY'S LITTLE SON.
Little Dumpty, the cheerful son of the famous egg who once fell from a wall, lives with his mother, Widow Dumpty, in a bustling little yard. Each morning he sets off for school, pocketing sticky labels from his mother’s shop to hand out as prizes, and never once removes his ever‑present hat—something his classmates find both curious and endearing. He’s a beloved “chum” among his classmates, always ready with a handful of marbles and a quick grin, making the schoolyard feel like a tiny adventure every day.
When school ends, Dumpy’s world widens to the garden, where he tends a menagerie of guinea‑pigs, rabbits, dormice, pigeons and even a shy hen. He wakes early to feed them, sweeps his mother’s shop step, and helps chase sparrows away from sprouting seeds. Seasons bring new conversations—tadpoles in spring, circus plans in autumn, and homemade poetry in winter—giving his simple routines a warm, imaginative sparkle that invites listeners into a delightful slice of childhood wonder.
Language
en
Duration
~15 minutes (15K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2009-07-10
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
A little-known early 20th-century children's writer, she is remembered for imaginative nursery-rhyme storytelling and for writing Humpty Dumpty's Little Son. Very little biographical information appears to survive, which gives her work an extra air of mystery.
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