A Child's Garden of Verses - Hardcover

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402750625 ISBN 13: 9781402750625

Publisher: Sterling Juvenile, 2007

Synopsis

Travel to a marvelous old mill on a riverbank. A magnificent land where golden apples grow, and a snowy garden that s perfect for sleigh riding. Ride on a swing! Imagine your bed is a boat! Or build an incredible block city filled with castles and palaces, temples and docks! A wondrous world awaits you in this collection of sixty-one poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, from the make believe journeys of Picture Books in Winter to the simple pleasures of At the Seaside, the welcome companionship of The Unseen Playmate, to the dreams of Foreign Lands. Gyo Kujikawa s beautiful illustrations captivate young and old alike, and will add to the fun of reading these timeless poems. Her delightedly detailed paintings of children at play give Stevenson s magical imaginings new life and charm.

About this title

Product Description:

Served as an introduction to poetry for each generation. This work features poems that celebrate childhood in all its complexity and joy, from 'The Land of Nod' to the playful, 'My Shadow'.

About the Author:

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and A Child's Garden of Verses.

A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling Juvenile
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1402750625
• ISBN 13: 9781402750625
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 104
• Illustrator: Fujikawa Gyo