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A Child's Garden of Verses

Illustrated by Charles Robinson

Part of Everyman's Library Children's Classics Series

Author Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrated by Charles Robinson
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Knopf | Everyman's Library
On sale Oct 17, 2012 | 160 Pages | 9780375712289
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Presented here in a beautiful, illustrated edition, this collection of poems by the author of Treasure Island is one of the most influential works of nineteenth-century children’s literature.

First published in 1885, A Child’s Garden of Verses has never ceased to be an essential title of children’s literature. Stevenson's verses capture the feelings of children—of being small, the bliss of going up in a swing, discovering one's shadow, and happiness, sorrow and, dreaming. Robinson's pictures, which originally appeared in the 1896 first illustrated edition, beautifully illuminate Stevenson’s poems.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer who spent the last part of his life in the Samoan islands. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. View titles by Robert Louis Stevenson
Charles M. Robinson III is a native of Texas and graduate of St. Edward's University and the University of Texas–Pan American. He is the author of several books on the Old West, including A Good Year to Die. He won the T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award in 1993. Robinson lives in San Benito, Texas. View titles by Charles Robinson
“Robert Louis Stevenson…[is one of a] handful of geniuses…who almost single-handedly kept alive the art of comic narrative verse.” —Liz Rosenberg, The New York Times

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Presented here in a beautiful, illustrated edition, this collection of poems by the author of Treasure Island is one of the most influential works of nineteenth-century children’s literature.

First published in 1885, A Child’s Garden of Verses has never ceased to be an essential title of children’s literature. Stevenson's verses capture the feelings of children—of being small, the bliss of going up in a swing, discovering one's shadow, and happiness, sorrow and, dreaming. Robinson's pictures, which originally appeared in the 1896 first illustrated edition, beautifully illuminate Stevenson’s poems.

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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer who spent the last part of his life in the Samoan islands. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. View titles by Robert Louis Stevenson
Charles M. Robinson III is a native of Texas and graduate of St. Edward's University and the University of Texas–Pan American. He is the author of several books on the Old West, including A Good Year to Die. He won the T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award in 1993. Robinson lives in San Benito, Texas. View titles by Charles Robinson

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“Robert Louis Stevenson…[is one of a] handful of geniuses…who almost single-handedly kept alive the art of comic narrative verse.” —Liz Rosenberg, The New York Times

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