Whether you're 5 or 55, Pooh is the bear for all ages. AND Now We are Six (When We Were Very Young) Hardcover 6 Sept.

Pooh ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage. When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six complete the four-volume set of deluxe editions of the Milne and Shepard classic works. 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. The nation's favourite teddy bear has been delighting generations of children for over 95 years. Milnes titles'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six'rustling ghostlike across the years. Milne's poems by his son, Christopher Robin. Its impossible for people of a certain age to hear that question and not feel the infantilizing echoes of A.A. Both collections were read by Peter Dennis who was the only authorized narrator for A. It is an evocation of childhood, through the eyes of the six-year-old Christopher Robin.įeaturing E.H.Shepard's original decorations, Now We Are Six 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 his favourite books about Winnie-the-Pooh, that Bear of Very Little Brain. When We Were Still Young is a collection of forty-four different poems, and the second book, And Now We are Six, is comprised of thirty-five poems. This work by A.A.Milne includes poems for children which feature Pooh helping Christopher Robin with his schoolwork (if helping is the word). So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever 'Ĭurl up with Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin in A.A.Milne's classic book of poetry for children, Now We Are Six. 'But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever.

When we were very young now we are six