A Child's Garden of Verses

by Stevenson, Robert Louis

• ISBN13: 9780486273013
• ISBN10: 0486273016
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-09-30
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

"The Land of Counterpane," "My Bed is a Boat," "The Land of Nod" and over 60 other poems children and their parents have cherished for over a century. Humorous and whimsical, grave and fearful, courageous and determined, these poems voice many moods. Reprinted in large, easy-to-read type, with 6 new illustrations.

Author Biography

Novelist, poet, and travel writer, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) wrote captivating tales for readers of all ages, including Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 

Table of Contents

Bed in Summer	p. 9
A Thought	p. 10
At the Seaside	p. 11
Young Night Thought	p. 12
Whole Duty of Children	p. 13
Rain	p. 14
Pirate Story	p. 16
Foreign Lands	p. 18
Windy Nights	p. 20
Travels	p. 21
Singing	p. 23
Looking Forward	p. 24
A Good Play	p. 25
Where Go the Boats	p. 26
Auntie's Skirts	p. 27
The Land of Counterpane	p. 29
The Land of Nod	p. 30
My Shadow	p. 32
System	p. 35
A Good Boy	p. 36
Escape at Bedtime	p. 38
Marching Song	p. 40
The Cow	p. 42
Happy Thought	p. 44
The Wind	p. 46
Keepsake Mill	p. 48
Good and Bad Children	p. 49
Foreign Children	p. 50
The Sun's Travels	p. 52
The Lamplighter	p. 53
My Bed is a Boat	p. 54
The Moon	p. 57
The Swing	p. 58
Time to Rise	p. 59
Looking-Glass River	p. 60
Fairy Bread	p. 62
From a Railway Carriage	p. 64
Wintertime	p. 65
The Hayloft	p. 66
Farewell to the Farm	p. 68
North-West Passage
Good Night	p. 69
Shadow March	p. 70
In Port	p. 71
The Child Alone
The Unseen Playmate	p. 74
My Ship and I	p. 75
My Kingdom	p. 76
Picture Books in Winter	p. 78
My Treasures	p. 80
Block City	p. 81
The Land of Storybooks	p. 82
Armies in the Fire	p. 84
The Little Land	p. 86
Garden Days
Night and Day	p. 90
Nest Eggs	p. 92
The Flowers	p. 94
Summer Sun	p. 96
The Dumb Soldier	p. 98
Autumn Fires	p. 100
The Gardener	p. 102
Historical Associations	p. 104
Envoys
To Willie and Henrietta	p. 106
To my Mother	p. 107
To Auntie	p. 108
To Minnie	p. 110
To my Name-Child	p. 113
To any Reader	p. 116
Acknowledgements	p. 118
Robert Louis Stevenson	p. 120
A Short Biography
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