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. - Summary by Michael Maggs
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
DEDICATION: To Alison Cunningham
01:33 - Chapter 2
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
09:13 - Chapter 3
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
09:37 - Chapter 4
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
11:18 - Chapter 5
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)
09:43 - Chapter 6
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
14:42 - Chapter 7
GARDEN DAYS, POEMS 1-8: Night and Day / Nest Eggs / The Flowers / Summer Sun / The Dumb Soldier / Autumn Fires / The Gardener / Historical Associations
12:19 - Chapter 8
ENVOYS, POEMS 1-6: To Willie and Henrietta / To My Mother / To Auntie / To Minnie / To My Name-child / To Any Reader
08:29