{"product_id":"a-childs-garden-of-verses-with-color-illustrations-by-jessie-wilcox-smith-9781646794201","title":"A Child's Garden of Verses: With Color Illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The rain is falling all around, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt falls on field and tree, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt rains on the umbrellas here, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd on the ships at sea.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Child's Garden of Verses\u003c\/em\u003e (1885) by Robert Louis Stevenson is unique among the many books for children that Robert Louis Stevenson has left us. In addition to the quality of Stevenson's poetry itself, the book is characterized by the sensitivity Stevenson showed in writing on themes that are especially important to children, such as the imaginative life of the child; the loneliness of being young, and the beauty of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf reading to their children or just for their own pleasure, adults may also be pleased the author has not forgotten their concerns, thoughtfully including moral reminders to children! This beautiful version includes all 65 poems published in the original 1905 edition and remarkable color illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStevenson, Robert Louis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894), Scottish writer and poet, was born in Edinburgh to a prosperous family of engineers, but gave up the family profession first for law and then for literature. Among his prodigious output as a writer are: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879), Treasure Island (1883), The Black Arrow (1884), A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), and Kidnapped (1886).","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485778350354,"sku":"9781646794201","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f6b04083-c832-4e78-925b-9ecf8f6ea357.jpg?v=1763537460","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-childs-garden-of-verses-with-color-illustrations-by-jessie-wilcox-smith-9781646794201","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}