When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh #3) Hardcover | Pages: 100 pages

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Title	:	When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh #3)
Author	:	A.A. Milne
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 100 pages
Published	:	October 31st 1988 by E.P. Dutton (first published 1924)
Categories	:	Poetry. Childrens. Classics. Fiction. Animals. Fantasy. Picture Books

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Shall I go off to South America? Shall I put out in my ship to sea? Or get in my cage and be lions and tigers? Or - shall I be only Me? Extraordinarily funny and cute, When We Were Very Young features a variety of poems by A. A. Milne. One of them first introduces us to Winnie-the-Pooh. While I enjoyed most of them, and love others dearly, a few didn't hold my interest and were rather unimpressive. It's one of those books that I will read to my future children, if they'll like it or not. P.S.: Can someone please tell me what is the matter with Mary Jane? Find more of my books on Instagram

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Original Title:	When We Were Very Young
ISBN:	0525444459 (ISBN13: 9780525444459)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Winnie-the-Pooh #3

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I've never read any Winnie-the-Pooh books but am extremely aware of what it's about. These are poems from the same author and they are extremely hit-and-miss, but those that hit are utterly wonderful.Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, the poems centre around young people who are in charge of their own lives and worlds. They are whimsical and very Carroll-esque in their magical and lyrical prowess. Some are droll, however, but most are nice.Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | Shop | Etsy

These were really cute, but I liked the second book of poems much more!

When We Were Young by A. A. Milne is composed of endearing 44 poems for children. Some of these poems I thought I heard when I was a young boy in the Pacific island. But at that time, I neither had knowledge of who A. A. Milne was nor I did have any interest on English poems. What I and my friends were singing were local poems like the very funny Tong-tong-tong paketong-ketong/ Alimango sa dagat or the funnier Lumakad sya sa tubig, ang paa ay nabasa Ngunit ang kanyang *beep-beep* ay hindi

LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! I used to love reading this book with my Mum and Dad. Inside is one of my favorite poems of all time...'Halfway Down'Halfway down the stairsis a stairwhere i sit.there isn't anyother stairquite likeit.i'm not at the bottom,i'm not at the top;so this is the stairwhereI alwaysstop.Halfway up the stairsIsn't upAnd it isn't down.It isn't in the nursery,It isn't in town.And all sorts of funny thoughtsRun round my head.It isn't reallyAnywhere!It's somewhere elseInstead!

Childhood is a beautiful country, one which I was loath to leave but had to, all the same. It is the inevitable tragedy of the human condition. But writers have the magic in their pens, using which they can take us back to that hallowed place. This is one thing that A. A. Milne does wonderfully well. No wonder his books for children have outlived his more "serious" works.Reading these poems, I could visit Christopher Robin's pre-school world of late mornings, drowsy afternoons and exciting days

I think I might have enjoyed it more had I read it as a kid. I read the poems to my son who liked a few of them and was indifferent towards the rest of them. Will try reading to him once he is little older to see if he likes them.

Im not sure if any other writer quite captures the lyrical simplicity and self-seriousness of a child like A.A. Milne. His use of language is beyond that which most adult writers possess, utilizing sparse, elegant verse and paying close attention to the subtle nuances of sound. His subjects are perfect, as well! He clearly remembered being and child and was sympathetic to children. He did not don a pair of rose-colored glasses or talk down to his little readers, but rather he expressed all of