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A Child's Garden of Verses

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

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  • 35 min read
  • 58 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 imaginative world of childhood through the eyes of young speakers. The Scottish author dedicated this beloved work to his childhood nurse, Alison Cunningham. Widely imitated and repeatedly reprinted in illustrated editions, the collection has shaped children's poetry for over a century, offering timeless reflections on play, gardens, and a child's inner life.

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  • Children's poetry, English

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Robert Louis Stevenson

_Illustrated by
Jessie Willcox Smith_

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, New York

Copyright, 1905, By CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Printed in the United States of America

All rights reserved. No part of this book
may be reproduced in any form without the
permission of Charles Scribner's Sons

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Contents

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  1. Robert Louis Stevenson
  2. From Her Boy
  3. The Child Alone
  4. Garden Days
  5. Envoys
  6. Bed in Summer
  7. Young Night-Thought
  8. Pirate Story
  9. Foreign Lands
  10. Windy Nights
  11. Travel
  12. A Good Play
  13. Where Go the Boats?
  14. The Land of Counterpane
  15. The Land of Nod
  16. My Shadow
  17. System
  18. A Good Boy
  19. Escape at Bedtime
  20. Marching Song
  21. The Cow
  22. The Wind
  23. Keepsake Mill
  24. Good and Bad Children
  25. Foreign Children
  26. The Sun Travels
  27. The Lamplighter
  28. My Bed Is a Boat
  29. The Moon
  30. The Swing
  31. Looking-Glass River
  32. From a Railway Carriage
  33. Winter-Time
  34. The Hayloft
  35. Farewell to the Farm
  36. North-West Passage
  37. The Unseen Playmate
  38. My Ship and I
  39. My Kingdom
  40. Picture-Books in Winter
  41. My Treasures
  42. Block City
  43. The Land of Story-Books
  44. Armies in the Fire
  45. The Little Land
  46. Night and Day
  47. Nest Eggs
  48. The Flowers
  49. Summer Sun
  50. The Dumb Soldier
  51. Autumn Fires
  52. The Gardener
  53. Historical Associations
  54. To Willie and Henrietta
  55. To Minnie
  56. To My Name-Child
  57. To Any Reader
  58. The Scribner Illustrated Classics

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This free edition of A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #25609, released 2008-05-26. 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, Classics of Literature, British Literature.

Other editions: eBook #136 (most read), eBook #19722, eBook #25608, eBook #25610, eBook #25611, eBook #25617.

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