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A child's garden of verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson ; pictures by Barbara McClintock

eng

illustrations

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Preschool

non fiction

A child's garden of verses

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by Robert Louis Stevenson ; pictures by Barbara McClintock

Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 4.5, 3, quiz: 2119.

Easy-to-read text and full-color illustrations feature a collection of perennial favorites describing the child's world of dreams and reality

To Alison Cunningham from her boy -- Bed in summer -- A thought -- At the seaside -- Young night-thought -- Whole duty of children -- Rain -- Pirate story -- Foreign lands -- Windy nights -- Travel -- Singing -- Looking forward -- A good play -- Where go the boats? -- Auntie's skirts -- The land of counterpane -- The land of nod -- My shadow -- System -- A good boy -- Escape at bedtime -- Marching song -- The cow -- Happy thought -- The wind -- Keepsake milll -- Good and bad children -- Foreign children -- The sun travels -- The lamplighter -- My bed is a boat -- The moon -- The swing -- Time to rise -- Looking-glass river -- Fairy bread -- From a railway carriage -- Wintertime -- The hayloft -- Farewell to the farmNorthwest passage : 1. Good night ; 2. Shadow march ; 3. In port -- The Child Alone. The unseen playmate -- My ship and I -- My kingdom -- Picture books in winter -- My treasures -- Block city -- The land of storybooks -- Armies in the fire -- The little land -- Garden Days. Night and day -- Nest eggs -- The flowers -- Summer sun -- The dumb soldier -- Autumn fires -- The gardener -- Historical associations -- Envoys. To willie and Henrietta -- To my mother -- To auntie -- To my name-child -- To Minnie -- To any reader

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