A Child's Garden of Verses Includes a Read-and-Listen CD

This keepsake edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's time-honored collection of children's poetry was originally published in 1940 and features 67 wistful illustrations, 16 in full color. It includes a CD featuring several of the book's poems: "My Shadow," "The Land of Counterpane," "The Swing," and other favorites.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most popular books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Fern Bisel Peat was a noted illustrator of children's books, magazines, and toys.

 

A Good Boy
A Good Play
A Thought
Armies in the Fire
At the Sea-Side
Auntie's Skirts
Autumn Fires
Bed in Summer
Block City
Escape at Bedtime
Fairy Bread
Farewell to the Farm
Foreign Children
Foreign Lands
From a Railway Carriage
Good and Bad Children
Happy Thought
Historical Associations
Keepsake Mill
Looking Forward
Looking-Glass River
Marching Song
My Bed Is a Boat
My Kingdom
My Shadow
My Ship and I
My Treasures
Nest Eggs
Night and Day
North-West Passage
Picture Books in Winter
Pirate Story
Rain
Singing
Summer Sun
System
The Cow
The Dumb Soldier
The Flowers
The Gardener
The Hayloft
The Lamplighter
The Land of Counterpane
The Land of Nod
The Land of Story-Books
The Little Land
The Moon
The Sun's Travels
The Swing
The Unseen Playmate
The Wind
Time to Rise
To Any Reader
To Auntie
To Minnie
To My Mother
To My Name-Child
To Willie and Henrietta
Travel
Where Go the Boats?
Whole Duty of Children
Windy Nights
Winter-Time
Young Night Thought