Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator: Tasha Tudor
Genre: Poetry
Grade level: 1-3
A Child's Garden of Verses is a classic book filled with verses written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It displays the joys and tragedies of the author's childhood. It is reminiscent to a simpler childhood. This is a book about solitude and childhood that people, no matter the age, will read and remember their own childhood.
Tasha Tudor illustrates this edition of A Child's Garden of Verses and does it wonderfully. Her illustrations depict a simpler and gentler time. The illustrations in poetry really aid the reader in becoming interested, especially at a young age. Her art is soft and beautiful, a very reflection of the poetry inside.
These poems are those that will interest students in the art of poetry. Many times, children do not really give poetry a chance after the nursery rhyme stage. This book contains stories that children will relate to and will give them a love for the genre.
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