How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasant thing Ever a child can do!
Whether they are remembering soaring into the the sky on a swing or building great palaces of blocks, children will deli ght in these much-loved poems about the everyday joys, truimphs, and small fears of being young.
For over one hundred years, the tender and playful poetry of A Child's Garden of Verses has enchanted readers of all ages. This beautiful new edition--with over seventy full-color and black-and-white images from award-winning artist Diane Goode --is the perfectway for parents and children to explore together the warmth and humor of the first years.
Glowing with the fantasy of childhood dreams and the clarity of childhood perceptions, this celebration of the wonders of childhood is sure to be welcomed by all.
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"The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."
With this "Happy Thought," Robert Louis Stevenson speaks for all the delights of childhood. But he doesn't stop there. A Child's Garden of Verses, written over a century ago, is filled to the brim with what are usually considered to be the first real poems written for children. This classic volume is an old friend to the generations of readers who were brought up on "I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me/ And what can be the use of him is more than I can see." In this perfectly lovely edition, the gossamer art of Jessie Willcox Smith (who first illustrated Stevenson's poems in the early years of the 20th century) is reproduced in all its charming glory. Black and white drawings throughout and eight full-page, warmly colorful paintings show beautiful, yet pleasantly imperfect children, busy at their daily activities--climbing trees, watching their reflections in a river, or sick in bed with an army of toy soldiers on guard. Place this on the shelf next to Mother Goose, Dr. Seuss, and Peter Rabbit. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter
