The Horn Book Guide

LITERATURE

Stevenson, Robert Louis

A Child's Garden of Verses

119 pp. | Morrow | September, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-688-14584-1 $$18.00

(3) K-3 Books of Wonder series. Illustrated by Diane Goode. Afterword by Peter Glassman. Round, happy children cavort in the rain, marvel at their shadows, and enjoy going up in a swing. Most of Stevenson's poems are still as appealing now as they were more than a century ago. Through her use of old-fashioned clothing and by alternating full-color and black-and-white illustrations, Goode captures a nineteenth-century feel but updates it by including children of color.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley