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Robert Louis Stevenson: A Poetry Selection Audiobook
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Robert Louis Stevenson is one of Scotland's finest writers, holding a well-deserved place in the Scottish canon for his feted classics The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Treasure Island, and poetry volumes such as A Child's Garden Of Verses. This volume of his poetry is eclectic and encompassing , and includes many of his most beloved verses.
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"I decided to introduce poetry to my kids with my favorite book of poems. They liked my favorite, "Bed in Summer," but decided their favorite (of those we've read so far) is "Looking Forward." It gave us all a good laugh. "
— Jennifer (5 out of 5 stars)
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" My mother used to read to me from this book. To this day I don't really care for poetry. Lovely pictures though! "
— Mel, 5/3/2011 -
" I read a selection of these poems to my children. From A Railway Carriage was their favourite. "
— Dawn, 4/17/2011 -
" 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 "
— Kristy, 4/15/2011 -
" A wonderful read-aloud for mealtimes. "
— Anne, 4/4/2011 -
" 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. "
— Talia, 3/10/2011 -
" I loved this book in my childhood, & I still love it now; 'Bed in Summer' & 'The Land of Counterpane' are, for me, particularly evokative "
— Fi, 3/5/2011 -
" 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. "
— Rayni, 2/17/2011 -
" 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. "
— Angela, 2/2/2011 -
" This is the book that inspired my love of poetry, and made me write poetry. "
— Book2dragon, 1/6/2011 -
" Oh, how I love to go up in a swing . . . "
— Mary, 11/22/2010 -
" Illustrated by Tasha Tudor, this collection captures childhood in a magical way. Read cuddled up to a fire (digital if must be :) ). "
— Mandy, 9/30/2010
About Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was born in Scotland. He studied engineering and law at the University of Edinburgh and then began writing while traveling in France. The publication of Treasure Island in 1883 brought him fame and entered him on a course of romantic fiction beloved by young and old alike.
About the Narrators
Richard Mitchley is an actor and narrator who has appeared in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet…, The Black Adder, and Doctor Who.
Ghizela Rowe has worked in broadcast television for thirty years on a broad range of programming. Her specialization is in music. She helps run the Copyright Group, an extensive collection of master recording rights, and has lent her voice to many audiobooks, including The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Gaskell: The Short Stories, and The Romantics: An Introduction.
Téa Obreht was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia in 1985 and has lived in the United States since the age of twelve. Her writing has been published in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Harper’s, and the Guardian, and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. She has been named by the New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty. She lives in New York.