The multiple-award-winning sf classic from the acclaimed author of Was. In the city of the future, humans photosynthesize, viruses educate people, organics have replaced electronics . . . and almost no one lives past 40. The outcast Milena feels alone--until she meets the genetically engineered Rolfa.

A Child's Garden of Verses: Poetic Musings on Youth and Imagination Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses" invites readers of all ages to step into the enchanting world of childhood. Explore the poetic musings that capture the essence of youth, imagination, and the wonders of the everyday. Stevenson's timeless verses continue to evoke the magic and innocence of childhood.

For the long nights you lay awake And watched for my unworthy sake: For your most comfortable hand That led me through the uneven land: For all the story-books you read: For all the pains you comforted: For all you pitied, all you bore, In sad and happy days of yore:— My second Mother, my first Wife, The angel of my infant life— From the sick child, now well and old, Take, nurse, the little book you hold! And grant it, Heaven, that all who read May find as dear a nurse at need, And every child who lists my rhyme, In the bright, fireside, nursery clime, May hear it in as kind a voice As made my childish days rejoice!

Reproduction of the original: A Child’s Garden of Verses Verse 154 by Robert Louis Stevenson

The poems in Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses have long been favorites with children and adults. Containing a selection of 25 poems from the book about such topics as shadows, puddles, the swing, and going to bed in summer, this coloring book offers new, up-to-date drawings by Nancy Haase Tafuri that are perfect representations of the poems for today's children. Parents who loved these poems when they were children will want to share them with their own kids. Children who open this book for the first time will quickly make it their own.

How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do! Robert Louis Stevenson’s rhymes have charmed children and adults alike since 1885, when they first appeared to a delighted public. Stevenson’s joyful exploration of the world speaks directly from a child’s point of view and celebrates the child’s imagination. This Golden Books edition, originally published in 1951, features lively, colorful illustrations by Caldecott Medalists Alice and Martin Provensen. The original artwork has been digitally restored for this edition—resulting in a stunning, best-ever reproduction!