Childs Garden Of Verses [TRADE PAPER ]

A Child's Garden of Versesis one of the best-loved classic poetry books for children ever written.

The world-famous illustrator Michael Foreman complements these classic and beloved verses with illustrations as luminous and clear as Stevenson's own word pictures.

This edition was first published to mark the collection's centenary year of 1985, and is now available in a beautiful paperback edition.

Includes a new foreword by best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith.Michael Foremanhas illustrated over 100 books by author such as William Shakespeare, JM Barrie, the Brothers Grimm, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde, as well as writing and illustrating many of his own books. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice, and has twice been nominated for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award. His books includeWar Boy, War Game, Mia’s Story, One WorldandDinosaurs and All That Rubbishas well as many classic story collections with Michael Morpurgo.

Alexander McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, has lovedA Child's Garden of Versessince his own childhood in Bulawayo. Now Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh University, he has written many bestsellers for both children and adults, includingThe Number 1 Ladies Detective Agencyand the Scotland Street series, admired all over the world for their "gentle wisdom and good cheer".

Robert Louis Stevenson(1850–1894) is one of the most famous popular authors of modern times – he is ranked the 25th most translated author in the world, ahead of Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the novelist, poet and travel writer was the author of world-famous books such asTreasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, as well as this classic and much-loved children's poetry collection A Child's GalC