Child's Garden of Verses (Version 4)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Play
Length 1 h 17 min
Chapters 7
First published 1919
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
Chapters
1
DEDICATION: To Alison Cunningham Read by MichaelMaggs 1:33
2
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 Read by MichaelMaggs 9:37
3
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 Read by MichaelMaggs 11:18
4
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) Read by MichaelMaggs 9:43
5
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 Read by MichaelMaggs 14:42
6
GARDEN DAYS, POEMS 1-8: Night and Day / Nest Eggs / The Flowers / Summer Sun / The Dumb Soldier / Autumn Fires / The Gardener / Historical Associations Read by MichaelMaggs 12:19
7
ENVOYS, POEMS 1-6: To Willie and Henrietta / To My Mother / To Auntie / To Minnie / To My Name-child / To Any Reader Read by MichaelMaggs 8:29
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