{"product_id":"a-childs-garden-of-verses-revised-dover-childrens-thrift-classics","title":"A Child's Garden of Verses (Revised) (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNovelist, poet, and travel writer, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) wrote captivating tales for readers of all ages, including \n\u003ci\u003eTreasure Island, Kidnapped, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e. \n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Contains the unabridged text ... first published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1885\"--T.p. verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTO ALISON CUNNINGHAM \n\u003cbr\u003eI. Bed in Summer \n\u003cbr\u003eII. A Thought \n\u003cbr\u003eIII. At the Sea-Side \n\u003cbr\u003eIV. Young Night Thought \n\u003cbr\u003eV. Whole Duty of Children \n\u003cbr\u003eVI. Rain \n\u003cbr\u003eVII. Pirate Story \n\u003cbr\u003eVIII. Foreign Lands \n\u003cbr\u003eIX. Windy Nights \n\u003cbr\u003eX. Travel \n\u003cbr\u003eXI. Singing \n\u003cbr\u003eXII. Looking Forward \n\u003cbr\u003eXIII. A Good Play \n\u003cbr\u003eXIV. Where Go the Boats? \n\u003cbr\u003eXV. Auntie's Skirts \n\u003cbr\u003eXVI. The Land ofCounterpane \n\u003cbr\u003eXVII. The Land of Nod \n\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. My Shadow \n\u003cbr\u003eXIX. System \n\u003cbr\u003eXX. A Good Boy \n\u003cbr\u003eXXI. Escape at Bedtime \n\u003cbr\u003eXXII. Marching Song \n\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. The Cow \n\u003cbr\u003eXXIV. Happy Thought \n\u003cbr\u003eXXV. The Wind \n\u003cbr\u003eXXVI. Keepsake Mill \n\u003cbr\u003eXXVII. Good and Bad Children \n\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII. Foreign Children \n\u003cbr\u003eXXIX. The Sun's Travels \n\u003cbr\u003eXXX. The Lamplighter \n\u003cbr\u003eXXXI. My Bed Is a Boat \n\u003cbr\u003eXXXII. The Moon \n\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. The Swing \n\u003cbr\u003eXXXIV. Time to Rise \n\u003cbr\u003eXXXV. Looking-Glass River \n\u003cbr\u003eXXXVI. Fairy Bread \n\u003cbr\u003eXXXVII. From a Railway Carriage \n\u003cbr\u003eXXXVIII. Winter-Time \n\u003cbr\u003eXXXIX. The Hayloft \n\u003cbr\u003eXL. Farewell to the Farm \n\u003cbr\u003eXLI. North-West Passage \n\u003cbr\u003e 1. GOOD NIGHT \n\u003cbr\u003e 2. SHADOW MARCH \n\u003cbr\u003e 3. IN PORT \n\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHILD ALONE \n\u003cbr\u003eI. The Unseen Playmate \n\u003cbr\u003eII. My Ship and I \n\u003cbr\u003eIII. My Kingdom \n\u003cbr\u003eIV. Picture-Books in Winter \n\u003cbr\u003eV. My Treasures \n\u003cbr\u003eVI. Block City \n\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Land of Story-Books \n\u003cbr\u003eVIII. Armies in the Fire \n\u003cbr\u003eIX. The Little Land \n\u003cbr\u003eGARDEN DAYS \n\u003cbr\u003eI. Night and Day \n\u003cbr\u003eII. Nest Eggs \n\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Flowers \n\u003cbr\u003eIV. Summer Sun \n\u003cbr\u003eV. The Dumb Soldier \n\u003cbr\u003eVI. Autumn Fires \n\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Gardener \n\u003cbr\u003eVIII. Historical Associations \n\u003cbr\u003eENVOYS \n\u003cbr\u003eI. To Willie and Henrietta \n\u003cbr\u003eII. To My Mother \n\u003cbr\u003eIII. To Auntie \n\u003cbr\u003eIV. To Minnie \n\u003cbr\u003eV. To My Name-Child \n\u003cbr\u003eVI. To Any Reader \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlphabetical List of Titles \n\u003cbr\u003eAlphabetical List of First Lines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContains the unabridged text ... first published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1885--T.p. verso.;Includes indexes.;A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScottish novelist, poet and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated \"A Child's Garden of Verses\" to Alison Cunningham, the nurse of his early childhood years in Edinburgh--a time whose essence he strove to recapture in the sixty-four poems of this long-treasured collection. Here, in \"The Land of Counterpane\" and \"The Land of Nod, \" and in such delightful lyrics as \"My Bed Is a Boat, \" \"Autumn Fires\" and \"Windy Nights, \" are rhymes and images children and their parents have cherished together since \"A Child's Garden of Verses\" was first published in 1885. \n\u003cp\u003eAlternately humorous and whimsical, grave and fearful, courageous and determined, the poems touchingly voice the many moods and currents of a child's imaginings. All sixty-four poems are reprinted in this edition in large, easy-to-read type. New illustrations by Thea Kliros capture the magical spirit of this beloved classic of children's literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScottish novelist, poet and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated \n\u003ci\u003eA Child's Garden of\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eVerses\u003c\/i\u003e to Alison Cunningham, the nurse of his early childhood years in Edinburgh--a time whose essence he strove to recapture in the sixty-four poems of this long-treasured collection. Here, in \"The Land of Counterpane\" and \"The Land of Nod,\" and in such delightful lyrics as \"My Bed Is a Boat,\" \"Autumn Fires\" and \"Windy Nights,\" are rhymes and images children and their parents have cherished together since \n\u003ci\u003eA Child's Garden of Verses\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1885. \n\u003cbr\u003eAlternately humorous and whimsical, grave and fearful, courageous and determined, the poems touchingly voice the many moods and currents of a child's imaginings. All sixty-four poems are reprinted in this edition in large, easy-to-read type. 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