A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, book cover
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A Child's Garden of Verses

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1885
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  1. DEDICATION -- To Alison Cunningham

    1:27

  2. Bed in Summer, A Thought, At the Sea-Side, Young Night-Thought, Whole Duty of Children, Rain, Pirate Story, Foreign Lands, Windy Nights, Travel

    6:29

  3. Singing, Looking Forward, A Good Play, Where Go the Boats?, Auntie's Skirts

    2:26

  4. The Land of Counterpane, The Land of Nod, My Shadow, System, A Good Boy

    4:12

  5. Escape at Bedtime, Marching Song, The Cow, Happy Thought, The Wind

    3:34

  6. Keepsake Mill, Good and Bad Children, Foreign Children, The Sun Travels, The Lamplighter

    5:24

  7. My Bed is a Boat, The Moon, The Swing, Time to Rise, Looking-Glass River

    3:21

  8. Fairy Bread, From a Railway Carriage, Winter-Time, The Hayloft, Farewell to the Farm

    3:51

  9. North-West Passage Parts 1 - 3 (Good Night, Shadow March, In Port)

    2:19

  10. THE CHILD ALONE -- The Unseen Playmate, My Ship and I, My Kingdom, Picture-Books in Winter

    4:38

  11. THE CHILD ALONE -- My Treasures, Block City, The Land of Story-Books, Armies in the Fire, The Little Land

    7:13

  12. GARDEN DAYS -- Night and Day, Nest Eggs, The Flowers, Summer Sun

    5:00

  13. GARDEN DAYS -- The Dumb Soldier, Autumn Fires, The Gardener, Historical Associations

    3:58

  14. ENVOYS -- To Willie and Henrietta, To My Mother, To Auntie, To Minnie, To My Name-Child, To Any Reader

    6:46

A Child's Garden of Verses (1905) is a public domain work.

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About this book

This beloved collection captures the world of childhood from the inside, the wonder of a lamplit street, the vastness of a counterpane kingdom of toy soldiers, the swing that rises over the garden wall, the loneliness and magic of a child's imagination. Stevenson's simple, musical verses have enchanted generations of children and the adults who read to them, distilling the joys and small sorrows of being young with rare tenderness. Poems like 'The Land of Counterpane' and 'The Lamplighter' remain nursery favorites the world over. Gentle, nostalgic, and perfectly observed, A Child's Garden of Verses is one of the most cherished books of children's poetry ever written.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1886) and for the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).

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Book facts

First published
1885
Reading time
About 15 minutes
Pages
66
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Willy