cover image Child's Garden of Verses

Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson. ABRAMS, $17.95 (85pp) ISBN 978-0-8109-3196-1

Rendered in brilliant candy-shop colors, Joanna Isles's folk-art designs, whimsical characters and striking typestyles put a beguiling face on a beloved work: Abrams's edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses glows with charm and vitality ($14.95, all ages ISBN 0-8109-3196-6, Dec.).