A Child's Garden Of Verses (Abridged) Audiobook

" This book is one that we pull out to read and all four of our boys can enjoy. We read it while eating lunch or just sitting outside. As a homeschooler it also contains most of the authors that are suggested when we are doing a study on poetry. "

" This is not the version I have. I got it in 1966. It is my all time favorite. No other book beats it. "

" Loved it as a child "

" Thank you Robert Louis Stevenson for holding my hand during the cruelty of childhood. Reading this book again floods my mind with memories. "

" One of my favorite books as a child. "

" Missing the 'right' time of your life to read certain books is a sad thing. "

" The first book I ever owned. "

" This was my all time favorite book as a child. I still love the book to this day. "

" One of my favorite collections when I was young! I Loved reading, memorizing, and reciting these poems. I can't wait to share them with my kids some day. They are full of love, imagination, and the trappings of childhood. "

" The greatest book of children's poetry and a delight to return to as an adult. These verses were my introduction to poetry before I could read and as soon as I could I devoured them repeatedly. "

" I read these in elementary school, and later read them to my children. While I like them, they are not my favorite poems to read to children - or myself either. "

" Oh, how I love to go up in a swing . . . "

" Another childhood favorite that I grew up with. "

" This book NEVER gets old. I loved it as a child, I love it as an adult. "

" I loved this book when I read it to my children and now read it to my granddaughters. This version has lovely illustrations "

" I liked it, but I don't think I would've liked it much as a child. It doesn't respect the seriousness of children's play. "

" i remember my mom reading this book to my sister and brothers and i. i love it just as much now as i did than. "

" Read this to my children, over and over and over..... "

" This is the sort of poetry I had to do in school that put me off poetry. Other than this book I like R L Stevenson though. "

" Two favorites in one book ~ Stevenson and Tudor "

" Classic. I read it to all my children many times over. "

" I love this edition - a Dover hardback with beautiful dark green cover, vellum-like dust jacket and red satin bookmark ribbon. Looking forward to enjoying these poems - naive and playful, though tinged with some ominous subtle melancholy. "

" A wonderful read-aloud for mealtimes. "

" Ever-devoted as I am to my Tasha Tudor, this time it's Jessie Willcox Smith's version all the way. Classic watercolors and sketches. And how can you not love that she was a contemporary of RLS. "

" I read this for the first time in elementary school and had to memorize a poem from it. I enjoyed it so much that I have gone back to it often, just for the enjoyment, and have given copies to friends who were not familiar with it. "

" My mother used to read to me from this book. To this day I don't really care for poetry. Lovely pictures though! "

" I read a selection of these poems to my children. From A Railway Carriage was their favourite. "

" It was okay, but I would have rathered it if there weren't as many nonsense poems...I mean, imagination is good in a child, but almost every single poem was completely fantasy. And reading them as an adult is not very enjoyable. lol "

" This is one of my favorite books. The poems are wonderful and light, perfect for childhood and just feeling happy. My great grandma gave me a copy when i was 5 and i have read it countless times. "

" I loved this book in my childhood, & I still love it now; 'Bed in Summer' & 'The Land of Counterpane' are, for me, particularly evokative "

" I have a copy of this book & I love it. I don't really know when I read it, but it would have to have been sometime in the 1960s. I probably wouldn't have given this a 5 now, but I still enjoyed it. "

" i remember my mom reading this book to my sister and brothers and i. i love it just as much now as i did than. "

" This is the book that inspired my love of poetry, and made me write poetry. "

" Oh, how I love to go up in a swing . . . "

" Illustrated by Tasha Tudor, this collection captures childhood in a magical way. Read cuddled up to a fire (digital if must be :) ). "

" I cannot find the correct edition - ours is ancient! I adore Wynken, Blinken and Nod and "How do you like to go up in the air, up in the air so high, oh I do think it is the...., ie the Swing song! They are my favorites. "