{"product_id":"a-childs-garden-of-verses-isbn-9780679417996","title":"A Child's Garden of Verses","description":"\u003cb\u003ePresented here in a beautiful, illustrated hardcover edition, this collection of poems by the author of \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most influential works of nineteenth-century children’s literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1885, \u003ci\u003eA Child’s Garden of Verses\u003c\/i\u003e has never ceased to be an essential title of children’s literature. Stevenson's verses capture the feelings of children—of being small, the bliss of going up in a swing, discovering one's shadow, and happiness, sorrow and, dreaming.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eRobinson's pictures, which originally appeared in the 1896 first illustrated edition, beautifully illuminate Stevenson’s poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, and European-style half-round spines.“Robert Louis Stevenson…[is one of a] handful of geniuses…who almost single-handedly kept alive the art of comic narrative verse.” \u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eLiz Rosenberg, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003eROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer who spent the last part of his life in the Samoan islands. His best-known books include \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island, Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303909773541,"sku":"NP9780679417996","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679417996.jpg?v=1767720352","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-childs-garden-of-verses-isbn-9780679417996","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}