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A Child's Garden of Verses

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

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  • 25 min read
  • 45 chapters
  • Reading level: 7th grade

"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 influential verses capture the imagination and experiences of childhood through the eyes of young speakers. The Scottish author dedicated this beloved work to his childhood nurse, Alison Cunningham. The collection has been reprinted numerous times in illustrated editions and remains one of the most significant children's works of the 19th century, inspiring countless imitations and adaptations across music and translation.

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  • Children's poetry, English

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A Child's Garden of Verses

by

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSoN

Illustrated by Myrtle Sheldon

M. A. Donohue & Co.
Chicago
Copyright 1916
by
M. A. Donohue and Company

BY WAY of INTRODUCTION

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  1. A Child's Garden of Verses
  2. Bed in Summer
  3. Young Night Thought
  4. Pirate Story
  5. Farewell to the Farm
  6. The Land of Counterpane
  7. Escape at Bedtime
  8. A Good Play
  9. Marching Song
  10. Where Go the Boats?
  11. The Hayloft
  12. The Moon
  13. The Cow
  14. Foreign Lands
  15. System
  16. The Land of Nod
  17. Windy Nights
  18. Foreign Children
  19. My Shadow
  20. The Sun's Travels
  21. Looking-Glass River
  22. The Lamplighter
  23. Travel
  24. My Bed Is a Boat
  25. Keepsake Mill
  26. The Unseen Playmate
  27. My Ship and I
  28. The Wind
  29. A Good Boy
  30. Good and Bad Children
  31. Picture-Books in Winter
  32. The Swing
  33. Armies in the Fire
  34. My Kingdom
  35. Shadow March
  36. Winter-Time
  37. The Little Land
  38. In Port
  39. Night and Day
  40. Nest Eggs
  41. The Flowers
  42. From a Railway Carriage
  43. My Treasures
  44. Block City
  45. The Gardener

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This free edition of A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #19722, released 2006-11-06. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Children & Young Adult Reading, Poetry, British Literature.

Other editions: eBook #136 (most read), eBook #25608, eBook #25609, eBook #25610, eBook #25611, eBook #25617.

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