A Child's Garden of Verses

by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Tudor, Tasha

• ISBN13: 9780689823824
• ISBN10: 0689823827
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Summary

Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to waiting for the lamplighter, to sailing off to foreign lands in his imagination. Tasha Tudor's watercolor paintings evoke a simpler time in the past, and celebrate two of the things she loves most -- children and nature. Her talents are the perfect match for these inspiring poems, making this a handsome gift edition that will be cherished by families for generations.

Author Biography

Thomas Kinkade is a world-renowned artist, aptly named the Painter of Light for the golden tones that dance across his canvases. His artistic excellence has earned him numerous awards, including 1995-1997 Graphic Artist of the Year, 1992-1997 Lithograph of the Year, 1994 Artist of the Year from the National Association of Limited Edition Dealers, and 1995 Collector Editions Award of Excellence. Robert Louis Stevenson has written some of the world's best-loved poems and novels. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1850, this prolific author suffered ill health for the majority of his life. When he was too weak even to hold a pen, he dictated A Child's Garden of Verses to his stepson, immortalizing many of his family members and early experiences in poetry. His works remain extremely popular today, having been reprinted in various forms and even made into successful movies.

Table of Contents

About Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light	p. 10
Exploring Art with Thomas Kinkade	p. 12
About Robert Louis Stevenson	p. 14
A Time to Play	p. 17
Marching Song	p. 18
The Singing Children	p. 19
Come, My Children	p. 20
See How the Children in the Print	p. 21
A Good Play	p. 22
Sailing, Sailing	p. 23
The Cow	p. 24
Hey, Diddle, Diddle!	p. 24
All Things Bright and Beautiful	p. 25
What Is Pink?	p. 26
The Violet	p. 26
Daisies	p. 27
Butterfly, Butterfly	p. 27
Little Snail	p. 28
Pussy has a whiskered face	p. 28
When the cows come home the milk is coming	p. 29
Bow, wow, wow!	p. 29
My Shadow	p. 30
I love you well, my little brother	p. 31
The Little Jumping Girls	p. 32
Jack be nimble	p. 33
Picture Books in Winter	p. 34
Wintertime	p. 35
The Hayloft	p. 36
Hymns in Prose for Children	p. 37
The Unseen Playmate	p. 38
Come and Play in the Garden	p. 39
The Cupboard	p. 40
To a Bee	p. 41
My Kingdom	p. 42
Clouds	p. 44
The Cloud	p. 45
My Treasures	p. 46
Looking Forward	p. 47
Block City	p. 48
The Wind	p. 50
Who Has Seen the Wind?	p. 51
Little Wind	p. 51
Child's Song	p. 52
Come, my dear children	p. 53
Good and Bad Children	p. 54
Whole Duty of Children	p. 55
The Swing	p. 56
Laughing Song	p. 57
Time to Rise	p. 58
Hurt No Living Thing	p. 58
The Little Bird	p. 59
The Swallow	p. 59
When You and I Grow Up	p. 60
On the Bridge	p. 61
Nest Eggs	p. 62
The Summer Sun Shone Round Me	p. 64
Hymns in Prose for Children	p. 65
Rain	p. 66
Rain on the green grass	p. 66
O wind, why do you never rest	p. 67
Rain, Rain, go away	p. 67
The Cock Crows in the Morn	p. 68
The Cock's Clear Voice into the Clearer Air	p. 69
Come, My Little Children	p. 70
I will make you brooches and toys for your delight	p. 71
The Dumb Soldier	p. 72
To Willie and Henrietta	p. 74
Auntie's Skirts	p. 75
The Gardener	p. 76
Autumn Fires	p. 77
Day's End	p. 79
The Children's Hour	p. 80
Bed in Summer	p. 82
Nurse's Song	p. 83
Young Night Thought	p. 84
Shadow March	p. 85
The Land of Nod	p. 86
A Dream	p. 87
My Bed Is a Boat	p. 88
Sweet and Low	p. 89
Protect me, O Lord	p. 89
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod	p. 90
I love to be warm by the red fireside	p. 92
In Port	p. 92
Winter	p. 93
A Cradle Song	p. 94
Good Night	p. 95
Escape at Bedtime	p. 96
Star light, star bright	p. 97
Windy Nights	p. 98
The Sun's Travels	p. 99
The Lamplighter	p. 100
Lord, keep us safe this night	p. 101
This little light of mine	p. 101
The Moon	p. 102
I See the Moon	p. 102
Who Blows You Out?	p. 103
Away in a Manger	p. 104
Angels at the foot	p. 105
Angels Watching Over Me	p. 105
Good Night	p. 106
Little Folk	p. 107
Twilight	p. 107
Night and Day	p. 108
The Star	p. 110
What do the stars do	p. 111
Come to the Window	p. 112
Lullaby	p. 113
Good Night	p. 113
Now I lay me down to sleep	p. 113
Wonders of Childhood	p. 115
The Little Land	p. 116
Duck's Ditty	p. 118
I saw a ship a-sailing	p. 119
Foreign Lands	p. 120
Hymns in Prose for Children	p. 121
The Duel	p. 122
At the Seaside	p. 124
Beneath the Sea	p. 125
My Ship and I	p. 126
Singing	p. 127
Mary's Lamb	p. 128
The Squirrel	p. 129
The Land of Storybooks	p. 130
The Sugarplum Tree	p. 132
When I Grow Up	p. 134
Pirate Story	p. 135
The Owl and the Pussycat	p. 136
The Careless Kittens	p. 138
A Dog and a Cat Went Out Together	p. 139
A Visit from the Sea	p. 140
The Horses of the Sea	p. 141
Where Go the Boats?	p. 142
River, River	p. 143
Summer Sun	p. 144
Thanksgiving Day	p. 145
The city mouse lives in a house	p. 146
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat!	p. 146
The Purple Cow	p. 147
There Was an Old Man	p. 147
Travels	p. 148
The Butterfly's Ball	p. 150
Dear Father	p. 151
Looking Glass River	p. 152
The Careful Angler Chose His Nook	p. 153
As round as an apple	p. 154
Higher than a house	p. 154
Lives in winter	p. 154
There was a little green house	p. 154
A pin has a head	p. 155
Thirty white horses upon a red hill	p. 156
Little Nancy Etticote	p. 156
Runs all day and never walks	p. 156
Keepsake Mill	p. 158
The Teapot Dragon	p. 160
Animal Crackers	p. 161
To My Name-Child	p. 162
Some Other Child	p. 163
A Was an Angler	p. 164
The Land of Counterpane	p. 168
To see a World in a Grain of Sand	p. 169
I thank the goodness and the grace	p. 169
The Night Before Christmas	p. 170
Blessings of Faith	p. 175
The Lord's Prayer	p. 176
I Never Saw a Moor	p. 178
Boats sail on the rivers	p. 179
A Thought	p. 180
Song for a Little House	p. 180
There's snow on the fields	p. 181
Long, Long Ago	p. 182
Song	p. 183
Hope is the thing with feathers	p. 184
Be like the bird	p. 184
O Little Town of Bethlehem	p. 185
To My Mother	p. 186
Baby Mine	p. 186
My Mother	p. 187
The Shepherds Had an Angel	p. 188
To Alison Cunningham from Her Boy	p. 190
God bless all those that I love	p. 191
Day by Day	p. 192
The Twenty-Third Psalm	p. 193
Father, we thank You for the night	p. 194
A Good Boy	p. 195
A Robin Redbreast in a Cage	p. 196
All for You, dear God	p. 197
Grace for a Child	p. 198
God be in my head	p. 198
Hymns in Prose for Children	p. 199
God Is the Maker of the World	p. 200
Happy Thought	p. 201
The Lord is good to me	p. 202
Index of Paintings	p. 204
List of Authors, First Lines, and Titles	p. 206
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