A Child's Garden of Songs: The Poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson in Song
As a young Scotsman, the famous authorRobert Louis Stevensonsuffered 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 ofA Child's Garden of Versescomes from this period of relative infirmity. And onA Child's Garden of Songswe 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