Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses, 9780399555374
Hardcover
Timeless childhood poems, soaring imaginations, and stunning restored art await.

Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses

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  • Hardcover

    72 pages

  • Release Date

    30 April 2017

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Summary

A Child’s Garden of Verses: 75th Anniversary Edition

How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do!

Robert Louis Stevenson’s rhymes have charmed children and adults alike since 1885, when they first appeared to a delighted public. Stevenson’s joyful exploration of the world speaks directly from a child’s point of view and celebrates the child’s imagination. This Golden Books edition, originally publish…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780399555374
ISBN-10:0399555374
Series:Golden Books Edition
Author:Robert Louis Stevenson, Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:72
Release Date:30 April 2017
Weight:646g
Dimensions:312mm x 238mm x 14mm
About The Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. A literary celebrity in his lifetime, he is best known for his works Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

ALICE AND MARTIN PROVENSEN began to illustrate children’s books together in 1946, many of them for Golden Books- The Fuzzy Duckling; The Golden Book of Fun and Nonsense; The Golden Treasury of Myths and Legends; The Iliad and the Odyssey; and The Color Kittens, one of the most beloved Golden Books ever. The Provensens won the Caldecott Medal in 1984 for The Glorious Flight, which they also wrote. Martin Provensen passed away in 1987.

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