Scottish novelist, poet and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated
A Child's Garden ofVerses to Alison Cunningham, the nurse of his early childhood years in Edinburgh—a time whose essence he strove to recapture in the sixty-four poems of this long-treasured collection. Here, in "The Land of Counterpane" and "The Land of Nod," and in such delightful lyrics as "My Bed Is a Boat," "Autumn Fires" and "Windy Nights," are rhymes and images children and their parents have cherished together since
A Child's Garden of Verses was first published in 1885.
Alternately humorous and whimsical, grave and fearful, courageous and determined, the poems touchingly voice the many moods and currents of a child's imaginings. All sixty-four poems are reprinted in this edition in large, easy-to-read type. New illustrations by Thea Kliros capture the magical spirit of this beloved classic of children's literature.
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ISBN 10 | 0486273016 |
ISBN 13 | 9780486273013 |
Author/Editor | Robert Louis Stevenson |
Format | Book |
Grade level | 3 - 8 (ages 8 - 14) |
Page Count | 96 |
Dimensions | 5 x 8 |