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When we were very young / A.A. Milne ; with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard.

Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956 (author.). Shepard, Ernest H. (Ernest Howard), 1879-1976 (illustrator.).

Summary:

A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.

Record details

ISBN: 0525444459
ISBN: 9780525444459
ISBN: 9780140361230
ISBN: 0140361235
ISBN: 9780525479307
ISBN: 0525479309
ISBN: 9780525425809
ISBN: 0525425802
Physical Description: 100 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [1988]
Copyright: ©1924

Content descriptions

General Note:

Redesigned in 1988.

Verses for children.

Verses full of bubbling nonsense and rhythm, written for the author's son, Christopher Robin. It is for "very small children (and for their elders who get a surreptitious joy from what is meant for their little ones).""--Sunday Review, 1924.

Formatted Contents Note:

Corner of the street -- Buckingham Palace -- Happiness _- The christening -- Puppy and I -- Twinkletoes -- The four friends -- Lines and squares -- Brownie -- Independence -- Nursery chairs -- Market square -- Daffodowndilly -- Water-lilies -- Disobedience -- Spring morning -- The island -- The three foxes -- Politeness -- Jonathan Jo -- At the zoo -- Rice pudding -- Missing -- The king's breakfast -- Hoppity -- At home -- The wrong house -- Summer afternoon -- The dormouse and the doctor -- Shoes and stockings -- Sand between the toes -- Knights and ladies -- Little Bo-peep and Little Boy Blue -- The mirror -- Halfway down -- The invaders -- Before tea -- Teddy Bear -- Bad Sir Brian Botany -- In the fashion -- The alchemist -- Growing up -- If I were king -- Vespers.