A Child's Garden of Verses vs When we were very young: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Collections, Children's poetry, English, Children, English poetry, Poetry

Cover of A Child's Garden of Verses

A Child's Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885 ★★★★☆ 4.3 130 pages · ≈ 2 h 24 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of When we were very young

When we were very young A. A. Milne · 1924 ★★★★☆ 4.2 112 pages · ≈ 2 h 04 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.3 vs 4.2 — either is a safe pick by score.
When we were very young is the easier read (Light), A Child's Garden of Verses more demanding (Challenging).

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