Scottish novelist, poet and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated A Child's Garden ofVerses 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 A Child's Garden of Verses 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.

Table of Contents:
TO ALISON CUNNINGHAM I. Bed in Summer II. A Thought III. At the Sea-Side IV. Young Night Thought V. Whole Duty of Children VI. Rain VII. Pirate Story VIII. Foreign Lands IX. Windy Nights X. Travel XI. Singing XII. Looking Forward XIII. A Good Play XIV. Where Go the Boats? XV. Auntie's Skirts XVI. The Land ofCounterpane XVII. The Land of Nod XVIII. My Shadow XIX. System XX. A Good Boy XXI. Escape at Bedtime XXII. Marching Song XXIII. The Cow XXIV. Happy Thought XXV. The Wind XXVI. Keepsake Mill XXVII. Good and Bad Children XXVIII. Foreign Children XXIX. The Sun's Travels XXX. The Lamplighter XXXI. My Bed Is a Boat XXXII. The Moon XXIII. The Swing XXXIV. Time to Rise XXXV. Looking-Glass River XXXVI. Fairy Bread XXXVII. From a Railway Carriage XXXVIII. Winter-Time XXXIX. The Hayloft XL. Farewell to the Farm XLI. North-West Passage 1. GOOD NIGHT 2. SHADOW MARCH 3. IN PORT THE CHILD ALONE I. The Unseen Playmate II. My Ship and I III. My Kingdom IV. Picture-Books in Winter V. My Treasures VI. Block City VII. The Land of Story-Books VIII. Armies in the Fire IX. The Little Land GARDEN DAYS I. Night and Day II. Nest Eggs III. The Flowers IV. Summer Sun V. The Dumb Soldier VI. Autumn Fires VII. The Gardener VIII. Historical Associations ENVOYS I. To Willie and Henrietta II. To My Mother III. To Auntie IV. To Minnie V. To My Name-Child VI. To Any Reader Alphabetical List of Titles Alphabetical List of First Lines