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Included here are selections from a childs garden of verses, a collection of poetry by robert louis stevenson originally published in 1900. The audio companion to the book, a childs garden of grass, by jack s. Published january 1st 1971 by pocket books first published 1970. I wasnt sure whether witchchild was meant to refer to malva christie herself, or to her baby boy. A beautiful picture book written and illustrated by michael foreman about a boy living in a wartorn country. Buy childs garden of grass by robert ackworth online at alibris. See all 14 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Deeply resonant, utterly original, compelling, and satisfying, catriona mcphersons the child garden is the work of a master. The protagonist of the child garden is gloria harkness.
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