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Product Identifiers

PublisherChronicle Books

ISBN-100877016089

ISBN-139780877016083

eBay Product ID (ePID)13401

Product Key Features

Book TitleChild's Garden of Verses : a Classic Illustrated Edition

Number of Pages124 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPoetry / General

Publication Year1989

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorRobert Louis Stevenson

Book SeriesClassic Illustrated Editions Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight25.8 Oz

Item Length11.2 in

Item Width8.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN88-029030

Dewey Edition22

Reviews-- BOOKLIST, Starred Review, November 1, 1989 The poems are oh-so familiar and the artwork extends the nostalgia; yet Cooper Edens' conception, choice of illustration, and the juxtaposition of the art and text on the page bring a new appreciation of both words and pictures. More than 100 selections from illustrators from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries grace the crisp white pages in a pleasing mix of full color and black and white. The works, mostly taken from previously illustrated editions of Stevenson's famous collection, are by such well-known artists as Jessie Wilcox Smith, Charles Robinson, H. Willebeek Le Mair, Margaret Tarrant, and Willy Pogany. Sources and a short biography of the poet are appended. M. Dibdin Spooner's painting for "The Land of Counterpane" appears on the dust jacket, making an enticing invitation to enter Stevenson's rich and magical world; those who respond will cherish the experience. -- REDBOOK, 10 Best New Picturebooks for Kids First published in 1885, Stevenson's classic collection has never gone out of print. This glorious new edition includes 64 evocative poems, over 100 timeless illustrations and a one-page biography of the well-loved author. It is a stunning treasury that belongs in every child's library. -- AMERICAN BOOKSELLER, Pick of the Lists, August 1989 Drawing generously from many of the great illustrated editions of the past hundred years, this lavish version of the classic treasury makes an excellent gift.

TitleLeadingA

Grade FromPreschool

Series Volume NumberCLAS

Compiled byEdens, Cooper

Dewey Decimal821

Grade ToSeventh Grade

SynopsisHere is a classic, illustrated edition of one of the best loved poetry collections in the world. Lavishly illustrated with more than 100 pictures by the most distinguished children's book artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this edition of A Child's Garden of Verses contains all the poems that appeared in the original book, published over 100 years ago. This is a volume to be cherished for a lifetime: by parents and by grandparents who grew up with the poems and, most of all, by children who are being introduced to this extraordinary collection for the first time.

LC Classification NumberPR5489.C5 1989