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A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century.
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Jannat Messenger
- 1885
Included here are selections from A Child's Garden of Verses, a collection of poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson originally published in 1900. Source: Stevenson, R.L. (1913). A Child’s Garden of Verses. Simon & Schuster Children’s.
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A Child’s Garden of Verses, volume of 64 poems for children by Robert Louis Stevenson, published in 1885. The collection, which Stevenson dedicated to Alison Cunningham (his childhood nurse), was one of the most influential children’s works in the 19th century, and its verses were widely imitated.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A Child’s Garden of Verses is a book of poetry for children. Stevenson dedicated the poems to his nurse Cummy (Alison Cunningham), who cared for him during his many childhood illnesses. The collection includes some of Stevenson’s most famous poems, including “The Land of Counterpane”, “My Shadow and “The Lamplighter”.
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"A Child's Garden of Verses" was first published in London in 1885, and long ago became a children's classic; yet it is now for the first time made available as a supplementary reader for the primary grades in a suitable form and at a possible price.
