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Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child's Garden of Verses is one of the most popular and loved collections of children’s verse of the 19th century. This recital of all 64 poems is designed for children’s listening, especially sections 1–6.
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- DEDICATION: To Alison Cunningham
- POEMS 1-11: Bed in Summer / A Thought / At the Seaside / Young Night Thought / Whole Duty of Children / Rain / Pirate Story / Foreign Lands / Windy Nights / Travel / Singing
- POEMS 12-22: 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
- POEMS 23-33: The Cow / Happy Thought / The Wind / Keepsake Mill / Good and Bad Children / Foreign Children / The Sun's Travels / The Lamplighter / My Bed is a Boat / The Moon / The Swing
- POEMS 34-41: Time to Rise / Looking-Glass River / Fairy Bread / From a Railway Carriage / Winter-Time / The Hayloft / Farewell to the Farm / North-West Passage (Good Night / Shadow March / In Port)
- THE CHILD ALONE, POEMS 1-9: The Unseen Playmate / My Ship and I / My Kingdom / Picture-Books in Winter / My Treasures / Block City / The Land of Story Books / Armies in the Fire / The Little Land
- GARDEN DAYS, POEMS 1-8: Night and Day / Nest Eggs / The Flowers / Summer Sun / The Dumb Soldier / Autumn Fires / The Gardener / Historical Associations
- ENVOYS, POEMS 1-6: To Willie and Henrietta / To My Mother / To Auntie / To Minnie / To My Name-child / To Any Reader