A Child's Garden of Verses (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
by Robert Louis Stevenson Author
(From Amazon): "The Land of Counterpane," "My Bed is a Boat," "The Land of Nod" and over 60 other poems children and their parents have cherished for over a century. Humorous and whimsical, grave and fearful, courageous and determined, these poems voice the many moods and currents of a child’s imaginings. Reprinted in large, easy-to-read type, with 6 new illustrations by Thea Kliros that capture the magical spirit of this beloved classic of children’s literature.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780486273013
- Print Status
- In Print
- Poems
- 64
- Pages
- 96
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Copyright
- 1992
Poems
- 1 Bed in Summer
- 2 A Thought
- 3 At the Sea-Side
- 4 Young Night Thought
- 5 Whole Duty of Children
- 6 Rain
- 7 Pirate Story
- 8 Foreign Lands
- 9 Windy Nights
- 10 Travel
- 11 Singing
- 12 Looking Forward
- 13 A Good Play
- 14 Where Go the Boats?
- 15 Auntie's Skirts
- 16 The Land of Counterpane
- 17 The Land of Nod
- 18 My Shadow
- 19 System
- 20 A Good Boy
- 21 Escape at Bedtime
- 22 Marching Song
- 23 The Cow
- 24 Happy Thought
- 25 The Wind
- 26 Keepsake Mill
- 27 Good and Bad Children
- 28 Foreign Children
- 29 The Sun's Travels
- 30 The Lamplighter
- 31 My Bed Is a Boat
- 32 The Moon
- 33 The Swing
- 34 Time to Rise
- 35 Looking-Glass River
- 36 Fairy Bread
- 37 From a Railway Carriage
- 38 Winter-Time
- 39 The Hayloft
- 40 Farewell to the Farm
- 41 Northwest Passage (1. Good Night 2. Shadow March 3. In Port)
- 1 The Unseen Playmate
- 2 My Ship and I
- 3 My Kingdom
- 4 Picture-Books in Winter
- 5 My Treasures
- 6 Block City
- 7 The Land of Story-Books
- 8 Armies in the Fire
- 9 The Little Land
- 1 Night and Day
- 2 Nest Eggs
- 3 The Flowers
- 4 Summer Sun
- 5 The Dumb Soldier
- 6 Autumn Fires
- 7 The Gardener
- 8 Historical Associations
- 1 To Willie and Henrietta
- 2 To My Mother
- 3 To Auntie
- 4 To Minnie
- 5 To My Name-Child
- 6 To Any Reader
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