Children Love One Another
A collection of short poems that remind children to love one another, show kindness, and care for others each day.
Updated April 15, 2026, by Catherine Pulsifer.
These poems gently remind us of a simple truth that is easy to forget in a busy world: love one another. Children learn not only by what they are told, but by what they see and feel each day. Kind words, patience, and small acts of caring can shape a heart in lasting ways. These poems offer a quiet encouragement for children to be thoughtful, to be gentle, and to treat others as they themselves would wish to be treated. In these verses, we see that love is not just spoken, it is lived through actions, and even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference.
Children Love One Another
Children, do you love each other?
Are you always kind and true?
Do you always do to others
As you'd have them do to you?
Are you gentle to each other?
Are you careful, day by day,
Not to give offence by actions
Or by anything you say?
Little children, love each other,
Never give another pain;
If your brother speak in anger,
Answer not in wrath again.
Be not selfish to each other —
Never mar another's rest;
Strive to make each other happy,
And you will yourselves be blest.
How Doggy Says, "I Love You!"
Hark! Hark! Hark!
How joyful the doggy's loud bark!
As he runs up the street
His master to greet;
"I love you," he says by that bark!
Hark! Hark! Hark!
To tell all his love by his bark,
Doggy thinks he might fail,
So helps with his tail,
For his wag means the same as his bark!
Will You Give Me Your Baby?
I see a mother holding
Her baby on her knee.
"Please, Madam Mother, will you give
Your little child to me?"
"Oh no, no, no, no, no!
I love my baby so,
I could not give my child away;
Oh no, no, no, no, no!"
I see a mother holding
Her baby on her knee.
"Please, Madam Mother, will you sell
Your little child to me?"
"Oh no, no, no, no, no!
I love my baby so,
I could not, would not sell my child.
Oh no, no, no, no, no!"
I see a mother holding
Her baby on her knee.
"Please, Madam Mother, will you lend
Your little child to me?"
"Oh yes! I'll let him go
A little while, you know;
But you must surely bring him back,
I love my baby so!"
Duty And Kindness
Little deeds of Kindness,
Little words of love,
Help to make earth happy
Like the heaven above.
Strange Lands
Where do you come from, Mr. Jay?
"From the land of Play, from the land of Play."
And where can that be, Mr. Jay?
"Far away — far away."
Where do you come from, Mrs. Dove?
"From the land of Love, from the land of Love."
And how do you get there, Mrs. Dove?
"Look above — look above."
Where do you come from, Baby Miss?
"From the land of Bliss, from the land of Bliss."
And what is the way there, Baby Miss?
"Mother’s kiss — mother’s kiss."
The Canary
Mary had a little bird.
With feathers bright and yellow.
Slender legs — upon my word.
He was a pretty fellow!
Sweetest notes he always sung.
Which much delighted Mary;
Often when his cage was hung.
She sat to hear Canary.
Crumbs of bread and dainty seeds
She carried to him daily;
Seeking for the early weeds,
She decked his palace gaily.
This, my little readers, learn,
And ever practice duly;
Songs and smiles of love return.
To friends who love you truly.
Answer To A Child's Question
Do you ask what the birds say? The Sparrow, the Dove,
The Linnet and Thrush say, ‘‘I love and I love!”
In the winter they’re silent — the wind is so strong;
What it says, I don’t know, but it sings a loud song.
But green leaves, and blossoms, and sunny warm weather.
And singing, and loving — all come back together.
But the lark is so brimful of gladness and love.
The green fields below him, the blue sky above.
That he sings, and he sings, and forever sings he —
"I love my love, and my love loves me!"
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Conclusion
These poems remind us that love begins in the small moments, a kind word, a gentle response, a thoughtful act. When children learn to care for one another, they carry that lesson into every part of their lives. Love shared with others has a way of returning, often in ways we do not expect. As these poems show, when we choose kindness, we not only brighten someone else’s day, we also bring joy into our own hearts.
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"Kindness shared between hearts grows stronger each day, and in giving love to others, we find a happiness that stays."