A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

"A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a collection of 64 poems published in 1885. Written from a child's perspective, these verses capture the wonder and imagination of childhood through the eyes of young speakers. The Scottish author dedicated this influential work to his childhood nurse, Alison Cunningham. The collection has been reprinted countless times in illustrated editions and widely imitated, establishing itself as one of the most significant children's literary works of the 19th century. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Title A Child's Garden of Verses
Note There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #28722
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Child%27s_Garden_of_Verses
Note There is an improved edition of this title, which may be viewed as eBook #28722 at www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28722
Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.2 (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. 136
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Oct 29, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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