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A Child's Garden of Verses: A Pop-Up Book
A richly detailed pop-up picture book adds new excitement and enchantment to twelve of Stevenson's most famous poems for children, including "The Wind," "The Swing," "Rain," and "The Land of Counterpane."
- GenresPoetry
12 pages, Hardcover
Published October 1, 1992
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Robert Louis Stevenson
6,967 books6,989 followersRobert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.
Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.
Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.
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September 22, 2020
***Actual Star Rating: 2.5 Stars***
This is a book that explores a dozen of Robert Louis Steveson's poems and presents them to the reader with the bonus of pop-up enhanced illustrations. With the breath of fresh air this book allows new young readers come to get to know Stevenson without having to read his novels.
The poetry is presented clean and clearly easy to understand with subjects that aren't as abstract to young minds as some poetry can get. At the same time the majority of these poems are made with rhyming lines thus allowing the book to be a nice introduction to children who may never have had much of a chance to read.
But for me what really makes this book is the illustrations. They are brightly colored, full of details and some two-page spreads work as a full canvas for the poems that are exhibited on their pages. The human characters are really realistic while the animals are on the so-so side with so many of them holding really weird disproportionate facial expressions.
But the cream of the illustrations are the pop-up illustrations that were added to the book. Some are pop-ups, some are pull out tabs and some are sliders. Each illustration adds a component to the page with some pages having multiple pop-up components such as the pop-outs of the ship opposite of the pop-out of the Japanese and Spanish girl on top of a horizontal slide. Other components of the pop-ups don't have any bearing whatsoever on the poems that are mentioned such as the chicken although the work itself is magnificently done.
All in all it was a decent edition of Stevenson's poetry with great pop-up enhancements. If you are a fan of either one this may be a good yet fast book to read but to me it really didn't strike as a book to keep for my own poetry collection.
All in all it
This is a book that explores a dozen of Robert Louis Steveson's poems and presents them to the reader with the bonus of pop-up enhanced illustrations. With the breath of fresh air this book allows new young readers come to get to know Stevenson without having to read his novels.
The poetry is presented clean and clearly easy to understand with subjects that aren't as abstract to young minds as some poetry can get. At the same time the majority of these poems are made with rhyming lines thus allowing the book to be a nice introduction to children who may never have had much of a chance to read.
But for me what really makes this book is the illustrations. They are brightly colored, full of details and some two-page spreads work as a full canvas for the poems that are exhibited on their pages. The human characters are really realistic while the animals are on the so-so side with so many of them holding really weird disproportionate facial expressions.
But the cream of the illustrations are the pop-up illustrations that were added to the book. Some are pop-ups, some are pull out tabs and some are sliders. Each illustration adds a component to the page with some pages having multiple pop-up components such as the pop-outs of the ship opposite of the pop-out of the Japanese and Spanish girl on top of a horizontal slide. Other components of the pop-ups don't have any bearing whatsoever on the poems that are mentioned such as the chicken although the work itself is magnificently done.
All in all it was a decent edition of Stevenson's poetry with great pop-up enhancements. If you are a fan of either one this may be a good yet fast book to read but to me it really didn't strike as a book to keep for my own poetry collection.
All in all it
November 1, 2023
Since this book is Albert's book I need to read and this book is a poem. This book is a classic collection of children's poems that has been cherished for generations. Comprising a delightful selection of whimsical verses, this book has captivated young readers and their parents with its charming and timeless quality. When I was reading, I thought the poems encourage young readers to explore their imaginations, discover the beauty of language, and develop a love for literature.. It stands as a testament to the enduring power of children's literature to connect generations and inspire wonder in the hearts of readers of all ages.
Overall I really enjoyed reading this open even Im not good at understanding for good at reading opem. This book was really short and it only took me 2 days to finish it.
Overall I really enjoyed reading this open even Im not good at understanding for good at reading opem. This book was really short and it only took me 2 days to finish it.
June 20, 2013
Cute pop up with catchy rhymes.
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