A Child's Garden of Verses
128A Child's Garden of Verses
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Overview
So you may see, if you will look
Through the windows of this book,
Another child, far, far away,
And in another garden play.
First published in 1885, A Child's Garden of Verses is one of the best-loved classic poetry books for children ever written. The world-famous illustrator Michael Foreman complements these classic and beloved verses with illustrations as luminous and clear as Stevenson's own word pictures.
First published to mark the collection's centenary year of 1985, the book is now reissued in a finely-produced gift edition in hardback with imitation cloth binding, head and tail bands.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781910959107 |
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Publisher: | Otter-Barry Books |
Publication date: | 01/11/2017 |
Edition description: | Revised edition |
Pages: | 128 |
Product dimensions: | 7.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d) |
Age Range: | 5 - 10 Years |
About the Author
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850–1894) is one of the most famous popular authors of modern times – he is ranked the 25th most translated author in the world, ahead of Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the novelist, poet and travel writer was the author of world-famous books such as Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, as well as this classic and much-loved children's poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verse.
MICHAEL FOREMAN has illustrated over 100 books by author such as William Shakespeare, JM Barrie, the Brothers Grimm, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde, as well as writing and illustrating many of his own books. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice, and has twice been nominated for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award. Some of his most famous books are: War Boy, War Game, Mia’s Story, One World and Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish as well as many classic story collections with Michael Morpurgo. Michael Foreman lives in London and Cornwall.
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH, CBE is a British writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late 20th century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees concerned with these issues. He has since become internationally known as a writer of fiction, with sales of English language versions exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is most widely known as the creator of the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Date of Birth:
November 13, 1850Date of Death:
December 3, 1894Place of Birth:
Edinburgh, ScotlandPlace of Death:
Vailima, SamoaEducation:
Edinburgh University, 1875Read an Excerpt
Bed in Summer
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people's feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
Table of Contents
Bed in Summer | 9 | |
A Thought | 10 | |
At the Seaside | 11 | |
Young Night Thought | 12 | |
Whole Duty of Children | 13 | |
Rain | 14 | |
Pirate Story | 16 | |
Foreign Lands | 18 | |
Windy Nights | 20 | |
Travels | 21 | |
Singing | 23 | |
Looking Forward | 24 | |
A Good Play | 25 | |
Where Go the Boats | 26 | |
Auntie's Skirts | 27 | |
The Land of Counterpane | 29 | |
The Land of Nod | 30 | |
My Shadow | 32 | |
System | 35 | |
A Good Boy | 36 | |
Escape at Bedtime | 38 | |
Marching Song | 40 | |
The Cow | 42 | |
Happy Thought | 44 | |
The Wind | 46 | |
Keepsake Mill | 48 | |
Good and Bad Children | 49 | |
Foreign Children | 50 | |
The Sun's Travels | 52 | |
The Lamplighter | 53 | |
My Bed is a Boat | 54 | |
The Moon | 57 | |
The Swing | 58 | |
Time to Rise | 59 | |
Looking-Glass River | 60 | |
Fairy Bread | 62 | |
From a Railway Carriage | 64 | |
Wintertime | 65 | |
The Hayloft | 66 | |
Farewell to the Farm | 68 | |
North-West Passage | ||
1 | Good Night | 69 |
2 | Shadow March | 70 |
3 | In Port | 71 |
The Child Alone | ||
The Unseen Playmate | 74 | |
My Ship and I | 75 | |
My Kingdom | 76 | |
Picture Books in Winter | 78 | |
My Treasures | 80 | |
Block City | 81 | |
The Land of Storybooks | 82 | |
Armies in the Fire | 84 | |
The Little Land | 86 | |
Garden Days | ||
Night and Day | 90 | |
Nest Eggs | 92 | |
The Flowers | 94 | |
Summer Sun | 96 | |
The Dumb Soldier | 98 | |
Autumn Fires | 100 | |
The Gardener | 102 | |
Historical Associations | 104 | |
Envoys | ||
To Willie and Henrietta | 106 | |
To my Mother | 107 | |
To Auntie | 108 | |
To Minnie | 110 | |
To my Name-Child | 113 | |
To any Reader | 116 | |
Acknowledgements | 118 | |
Robert Louis Stevenson | 120 | |
A Short Biography |