A Child''s Garden of Verses

About Robert Louis Stevenson

Poet and novelist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was the author of a number of classic books for young readers including Treasure Island Kidnapped and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Born in Edinburgh Scotland Mr. Stevenson was often ill as a child and spent much of his youth confined to his nursery where he first began to compose stories even before he could read and where he was cared for by his nanny Alison Cunningham to whom A Child's Garden of Verses is dedicated. Barbara McClintock has written and illustrated many acclaimed books for young readers including Adele & Simon an ALA Notable Book a Children's Book Sense Pick and a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year and Dahlia a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book. She lives in Windham Connecticut.