A Child's Garden of Verses (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781910959107)

A Child's Garden of Verses is one of the best-loved classic poetry books for children ever written. The world-famous illustrator Michael Foreman complements these classic and beloved verses with illustrations as luminous and clear as Stevenson's own word pictures.

This edition was first published to mark the collection's centenary year of 1985, and is now reissued in a finely-produced gift edition in hardcover with cloth binding and a ribbon marker. Includes a new foreword by best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith.

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN-10: 1910959103
ISBN-13: 9781910959107
Publisher: Otter-Barry Books
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2017
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.30w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2017

About the Author
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is one of the most famous popular authors of modern times - he is ranked the 25th most translated author in the world, ahead of Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the novelist, poet and travel writer was the author of world-famous books such as Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, as well as this classic and much-loved children's poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses.