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 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 is considered one of the most significant children's works of
the 19th century, inspiring generations of poets who followed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Mars, E. (Ethel), 1876- |
| Illustrator | Squire, Maud Hunt, 1873- |
| 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 Juliet Sutherland, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.6 (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. | 25617 |
| Release Date | May 27, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jan 3, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3981 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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