{"product_id":"a-childs-garden-of-verses","title":"Child's Garden of Verses (Stevenson - hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780517489246\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection\u003c\/strong\u003e: Chd-Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScottish novelist, poet and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated \u003cem\u003eA Child's Garden of Verses\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eA Child's Garden of Verses\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1885. Alternately 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","brand":"Chd-Classics","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42974832263392,"sku":"Books:9780517489246n","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/CGoV2.jpg?v=1694474789","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/a-childs-garden-of-verses","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}