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When We Were Very Young

A. A. Milne

Children's & Fairy TalesEnglish
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These forty-four poems for children, written for and about Milne's small son, Christopher Robin, include 'Buckingham Palace', in which Christopher Robin and…

Catalogue details

Author
A. A. Milne
Category
Children's & Fairy Tales
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

These forty-four poems for children, written for and about Milne's small son, Christopher Robin, include 'Buckingham Palace', in which Christopher Robin and his nurse Alice watch the changing of the guard; 'Vespers', with the little boy kneeling at the foot of his bed saying his prayers; 'The King's Breakfast'; 'Disobedience', about James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree; and the first appearance of a teddy bear, not yet called Pooh.

Context and significance

A. A. Milne published the book in 1924 with drawings by E. H. Shepard, two years before Winnie-the-Pooh, and it was an immediate best-seller. Then turn to The House at Pooh Corner.

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