Annotated Bibliography #12

A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

Originally published in 1885, this version is a reprint published in 1981, with illustrations by Tasha Tudor. Each page is covered in beautiful illustrations that incorporate the images evoked by the poems themselves. Sixty-four poems in all, plus a forward to the author's own mother, Alison Cunningham, that discuss everything from “Auntie’s Skirts,” “The Moon,” “The Land of Nod,” and everything in between. This book is a must for every child’s library.