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A Child´s Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Description for A Child´s Garden of Verses
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Kliros, Thea. Series: Dover Children's Thrift Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: YQE. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 6. Weight in Grams: 82.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
New
Series
Dover Children's Thrift Classics
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780486273013
SKU
V9780486273013
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Ref
99-20
About Robert Louis Stevenson
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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