A Child's Garden of Verses - Illustrated by Hilda Boswell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scored this gorgeous book for a quarter!  Illustrated by Hilda Bowell in 1963.  A Child's Garden of Verses, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, was first published in 1885.  Did you know that it first appeared under the title 'Penny Whistles'?  I especially like reading the poem 'The Swing' to my kids.

A Child's Garden of Verses - Illustrated by Ruth Ruhman

 

 

 

 

I lovelovelove these illustrations by Ruth Ruhman. This book is one I salvaged from my grandmother's attic.  It is pretty beaten up - scribbled on, missing some pages, and the remaining pages are a bit loose.  I really like A Child's Garden of Verses and I would like to collect some more editions of it by different illustrators - I have my eye on the one by Gyo Fujikawa- I have quite a few of her books but not that one yet- and the one by the Provensens, for example.  I framed a page from this book that is so cute and reminds me of my daughters, and I also made a decoupage frame that included some pics from this book.

Linking to Cozy Book Hop