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A Child's Garden of Verses

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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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