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A Child's Garden of Verses

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Based on 26,474 Ratings and 952 Reviews

Book Description
"The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."

With this "Happy Thought," Robert Louis Stevenson speaks for all the delights of childhood. But he doesn't stop there. A Child's Garden of Verses, written over a century ago, is filled to the brim with what are usually considered to be the first real poems written for children. This classic volum... More
Book Information
PublisherCharles Scribner's & Sons
BindingHardcover (74 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages11
ISBN-100684209497
ISBN-13978-0684209494
Publication Date08/01/1992
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About Robert Louis Stevenson (Author) : Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. He w... more
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About Jessie Willcox Smith (Illustrator) : Jessie Willcox Smith is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Jessie Willcox Smith include The Water-Babies (Unabridged), At... more
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