A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
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"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 verses capture the world of childhood imagination and play. The Scottish author dedicated this influential work to his childhood nurse, Alison Cunningham. The collection has been reprinted countless times in illustrated editions and widely imitated, cementing its place as one of the most significant children's works of the
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| Author | Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Sowerby, Millicent, 1878-1967 |
| Title | A Child's Garden of Verses |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Child%27s_Garden_of_Verses |
| Note |
Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #19722 (1916; B & W illustrations) #25608 (1905; Single Tone illustratons) #25609 (1905; Illustrations in Color) #25610 (1895; B & W illustrations) #25611 (----; B & W illustrations) #25617 (1900; Illustrations in Color) #28722 (1919; Illustrations in Color) |
| Credits |
Produced by Juliet Sutherland Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Children's poetry, English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 25611 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-25611-5 |
| Release Date | May 26, 2008 |
| Last Update | Aug 8, 2019 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1741 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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