A Child's Garden of Songs: The Poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson in Song

A Child's Garden of Songs: The Poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson in Song As a young Scotsman, the famous author Robert Louis Stevenson suffered a childhood of illness and frailty. As a result, Stevenson developed a rich inner life as well as an author's keen sense of observation. Much of A Child's Garden of Verses comes from this period of relative infirmity. And on A Child's Garden of Songs we most agreeably find these same charmingly insightful words set to music, sung and played by a cast of singers and musicians in fashions that range from whimsical ("Auntie's Skirts") to magical ("From a Railway Carriage") to wistful ("To Any Reader"). Written expressly for children, these poems breathe life into new worlds born of a love for language. Coupled with fine arrangements on Celtic pipes and strings, this is a fertile garden of enrichment for the whole family. --Paige La Grone

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David Whyte is a poet, captivating lecturer, and corporate consultant. He holds a degree in marine zoology; and has worked as a naturalist guide in th...