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Overview
From the author of Treasure Island, this wonderful book of Robert Louis Stevenson's poetry for children is brought to life with splendid illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith.
A Child's Garden of Verses is Robert Louis Stevenson's 1885 collection of cherished children's poems. Over 60 lyrical pieces are featured in this anthology, alongside glorious illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. The illustrator is known for her beautiful soft lines and colours, and the artwork in this volume brings much joy to Stevenson's poetry.
This volume features the following poems:
- Foreign Children
- The Lamplighter
- The Land of Counterpane
- Bed in Summer
- My Shadow
- The Swing
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781408633823 |
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Publisher: | Hewlett Press |
Publication date: | 12/27/2007 |
Pages: | 68 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.16(d) |
About the Author
Barbara McClintock has written and illustrated many acclaimed books for young readers, including Adèle & Simon, an ALA Notable Book, a Children's Book Sense Pick, and a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, and Dahlia, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book. She lives in Windham, Connecticut.
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 |