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A child's garden of verses, Robert Louis Stevenson ; illustrated by Diane Goode ; afterword by Peter Glassman

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A child's garden of verses

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Robert Louis Stevenson ; illustrated by Diane Goode ; afterword by Peter Glassman

Books of wonder

A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood

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

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