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A Child's Garden of Verses
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A Child's Garden of Verses — Study Flashcards
| Front | Back |
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| Who wrote "A Child's Garden of Verses"? | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Who illustrated "A Child's Garden of Verses"? | Jessie Willcox Smith |
| Who is the book dedicated to? | Alison Cunningham, the author's childhood nurse |
| What is "Bed in Summer" about? | A child who must go to bed while it is still light out in summer, unlike winter when they get up in the dark |
| What happens in "At the Sea-Side"? | A child digs holes in the sand with a wooden spade, and the sea fills up each hole |
| What does the child imagine in "Young Night-Thought"? | Armies, emperors, and kings marching by every night until reaching the "town of Sleep" |
| What does "Whole Duty of Children" say a child should do? | Always say what's true, speak when spoken to, and behave mannerly at the table |
| What is "Rain" about? | The rain falling everywhere — on fields, trees, umbrellas, and ships at sea |
| What do the children do in "Pirate Story"? | They imagine sailing and adventuring in a meadow, pretending it is the sea |
| What does the child do in "Foreign Lands"? | Climbs a cherry tree to look out and imagine faraway places and fairy lands |
| Who goes riding in "Windy Nights"? | A mysterious man who gallops by on windy, stormy nights |
| What faraway places are mentioned in "Travel"? | Places like Eastern cities, the Great Wall of China, jungles, deserts, and the Nile River |
| What is "The Land of Counterpane" about? | A sick child in bed who imagines his toys (soldiers, ships, trees) as a whole imaginary kingdom on the bedcovers |
| What is the "Land of Nod"? | The imaginary land a child visits every night in dreams |
| What do the children build in "A Good Play"? | A pretend ship out of chairs and pillows to "sail" on |
| What is "Where Go the Boats?" about? | A child wonders where his toy boats travel down the river to, imagining other children finding them |
| What sound does Auntie make in "Auntie's Skirts"? | Her dresses trail and rustle behind her as she moves |
| What is the theme of "Singing"? | Different singers around the world — birds, sailors, children in Japan and Spain — all sing in their own way |
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