Cover of When We Were Very Young

When We Were Very Young

by Unknown Author

112 pages2022HarperCollins Publishers LimitedISBN 9780008600624

About this book

<p>“They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace – Christopher Robin went down with Alice.”</p> <p>Curl up with A.A.Milne’s classic book of poetry for children, When We Were Very Young. This is the first volume of rhymes written especially for children by Milne – as popular now as when they were first written.</p> <p>This collection is a heart-warming and funny introduction to children’s poetry, offering the same sense of humour, imagination and whimsy that we’ve come to expect from Milne's favourite books about Winnie-the-Pooh, that Bear of Very Little Brain.</p> <p>This book is all the more special due to E.H.Shepard’s decorations, which are shown in full, glorious colour. They are truly iconic and contributed to him being known as ‘the man who drew Pooh’.</p> <p>Do you own all the classic Pooh titles?</p> <p>Winnie-the-Pooh</p> <p>The House at Pooh Corner</p> <p>When We Were Very Young</p> <p>Now We Are Six</p> <p>Return to the Hundred Acre Wood</p> <p>The Best Bear in All the World</p> <p>Once There Was a Bear</p> <p>Tales from the Forest</p> <p>Winter in the Wood</p> <p>The nation’s favourite teddy bear has been delighting generations of children for over 95 years. Milne’s classic children’s stories – featuring Piglet, Eeyore, Christopher Robin and, of course, Pooh himself – are gently humorous while teaching lessons about friendship and kindness.</p> <p>Pooh ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage. Whether you’re 5 or 55, Pooh is the bear for all ages.</p>

Publication Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Published
2022
Pages
112
ISBN
9780008600624
Language
en

About Unknown Author

A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London and went to school at a small independent school run by his father, John Vine Milne. He went to Westminster School and studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was married in 1913, and then joined the British Army in World War I. In 1920, his son, Christopher Robin Milne, was born. In 1925, Milne moved to a country home called Cotchford Farm in Hartfield, East Sussex. Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne's most famous work, was published in 1926. Although he had his greatest success with his books for children, he stopped writing works for children by the end of the decade, saying that the source of his inspiration for children's stories, his son, had grown older. He continued to write works for adults, although he was frustrated to find that these works were not nearly as popular as his children's books. Milne retired to Cotchford Farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 left him an invalid, and he died in 1956.

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