Scottish novelist, poet and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated A Child's Garden ofVerses to Alison Cunningham, the nurse of his early childhood years in Edinburgh--a time whose essence he strove to recapture in the sixty-four poems of this long-treasured collection. Here, in "The Land of Counterpane" and "The Land of Nod," and in such delightful lyrics as "My Bed Is a Boat," "Autumn Fires" and "Windy Nights," are rhymes and images children and their parents have cherished together since A Child's Garden of Verses was first published in 1885.Alternately humorous and whimsical, grave and fearful, courageous and determined, the poems touchingly voice the many moods and currents of a child's imaginings. All sixty-four poems are reprinted in this edition in large, easy-to-read type. New illustrations by Thea Kliros capture the magical spirit of this beloved classic of children's literature.
Sobre o autor(a)
Stevenson, Robert Louis
O escocês Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) formou-se em Engenharia, mas, desde muito jovem, já mostrava interesse pela literatura. Mesmo contra a vontade do pai, acabou se dedicando à carreira artística. Viveu em Londres no momento histórico em que a cidade passava por um período de intensa ebulição cultural e de aumento significativo da criminalidade. Tudo isso estimulou Stevenson a criar suas obras literárias. |