A Child's Garden of Verses (Robert Louis Stevenson) Coloring Book

A Child's Garden of Verses Coloring Book by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Nancy Tafuri

Enjoy 25 favorite poems about swinging, shadows, the wind, and playing in bed with this fun activity book!

Nancy Tafuri's illustrations are as fanciful and appealing as the poems themselves.

Poems Included:

• At the Sea-Side
• The Swing
• Where Go the Boats?
• The Land of Counterpane
• The Hayloft
• The Land of Story-Books
• The Cow
• Rain
• A Thought
• My Shadow
• Bed in Summer
• Windy Nights
• The Moon
• Summer Sun
• My Bed Is a Boat
• From a Railway Carriage
• Happy Thought
• Time to Rise
• Looking-Glass River
• Winter-Time
• My Ship and I
• Picture-Books in Winter
• The Wind
• The Land of Nod
• Singing

Book Details:

• Number of Pages: 48
• Book Size: 8-1/4" x 11"
• Book Type: Paperback
• Recommended Ages: 5 and up
• ISBN 10: 0486234819
• ISBN 13: 978-0486234816

If you enjoy these poems, make sure to see our A Child's Garden of Verses poetry book as well.

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This coloring book gives children a "hands-on" approach to appreciating poetry. Read the poems aloud to your kids while they work on their art.

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What other things can you do with this product?

We've included some of our "outside the box" creative ideas below to help get you started...

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• This book allows children to "touch and feel" poetry by interpreting the pictures and making them their own.
• This book is perfect for a classroom activity or homeschool group activity when introducing children of all ages to poetry. Younger children will love to listen to the poems while they color, and older children can customize their pictures using a variety of mediums (colored pencils, charcoal pencils, water color paints, water color pencils, or markers).