The Humpherys Family

When We Were Very Young

Record Added: 12/9/2010
A Favorite Book
Illustrator Ernest H. Shepard
Series Winnie the Pooh
Setting England
Topic Poetry
Publisher Dutton Publishers
ISBN 0525444459   Year 1988
Age 4-8   Pages 100
Description Pink with printed dustjack
 
This collection of poetry by the creator of Winnie the Pooh was first published in 1924. With its companion volume Now We Are Six, the little books became two of the biggest bestsellers in publishing history. Children all over the world have heard about changing the guard at Buckingham Palace; James James Morrison Morrison Weather by George Dupree; the three little foxes who kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard boxes; and, of course, Christopher Robin, named for A.A. Milne's son.

Adults and older children will enjoy Milne's poems too, as some of his humor is subtly directed at a more sophisticated audience. But younger children are the ones who love the naughty Mary Jane (lovely rice pudding again?) and the bears on the corners of London's streets.

Notes
Also have 1925 edition, red binding.
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