A Child's Garden of Verses

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Courier Corporation, Sep 30, 1992 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 88 pages
Scottish novelist, poet and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated "A Child's Garden of Verses" 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.

 

Contents

VIII
6
XIII
12
XIX
19
XXV
25
XXX
31
LookingGlass River
37
Fairy Bread
40
From a Railway Carriage
41
The Land of StoryBooks
58
Armies in the Fire
60
The Little Land
61
GARDEN DAYS I Night and Day
64
Nest Eggs
67
The Flowers
69
Summer Sun
70
The Dumb Soldier
71

WinterTime
42
The Hayloft
43
Farewell to the Farm
44
NorthWest Passage 1 GOOD NIGHT
45
SHADOW MARCH
46
IN PORT
47
THE CHILD ALONE I The Unseen Playmate
48
My Ship and I
50
My Kingdom
51
PictureBooks in Winter
53
My Treasures
54
Block City
55
Autumn Fires
74
The Gardener
75
Historical Associations
76
To Willie and Henrietta
77
To My Mother
78
To Minnie
79
To My NameChild
82
To Any Reader
84
Alphabetical List of Titles
85
Alphabetical List of First Lines
87
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Novelist, poet, and travel writer, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) wrote captivating tales for readers of all ages, including Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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