A Childs Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Brand: Dover Publications Inc.
Product Description
Scottish novelist poet and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated A Childs Garden ofVerses to Alison Cunningham the nurse of his early childhood years in Edinburgha time whose essence he strove to recapture in the sixtyfour poems of this longtreasured 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 Childs 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 childs imaginings. All sixtyfour poems are reprinted in this edition in large easytoread type. New illustrations by Thea Kliros capture the magical spirit of this beloved classic of childrens literature. show more
Condition : New
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Weight : 198
Publisher : Dover Publications Inc.
Language : English
EAN : 9780486273013
ISBN10 : 0486273016
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20000201
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 96 Pages Illustrations Unspecified
Dimensions : 127 X 202 X 10