A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
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"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 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-25608-5 |
| Release Date | May 26, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jun 11, 2008 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1662 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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