A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

"A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a collection of poetry published in 1885. This influential volume contains 64 poems written from a child's perspective, capturing the wonder and imagination of childhood. Dedicated to Stevenson's childhood nurse, these widely imitated verses have shaped children's literature for generations. The Scottish author's work has been reprinted countless times in illustrated editions, adapted into musical recordings, and even translated into Latin, cementing its place as a cornerstone of 19th-century children's poetry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Illustrator Gutmann, Bessie Pease, 1876-1960
Title A Child's Garden of Verses
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Child%27s_Garden_of_Verses
Note Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook:
#19722 (1916; B & W illustrations)
#25608 (1905; Single Tone illustratons)
#25609 (1905; Illustrations in Color)
#25610 (1895; B & W illustrations)
#25611 (----; B & W illustrations)
#25617 (1900; Illustrations in Color)
#28722 (1919; Illustrations in Color)
Credits Produced by Jason Isbell, Christine D. and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This
file was made using scans of public domain works in the
International Children's Digital Library.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Children's poetry, English
Category Text
eBook-No. 25608
Release Date
Last Update Jun 11, 2008
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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