WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG.

WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG by A.A. MILNE (With decorations by ERNEST H. SHEPARD coloured by MARK BURGESS).

SOURCE: A church fete buy.

THE BOOK {According to amazon.co.uk}: 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 A.A. Milne – as popular now as when they were first written. Featuring E. H. Shepard’s original illustrations, When We Were Very Young 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.

FIRST SENTENCE POEM {Corner-Of-The-Street}: *

MEMORABLE MOMENT VERSE {Sand-Between-The-Toes}: *

MY THOUGHTS: A big fan of the Winnie The Pooh stories, it was this along with the wonderful illustrations that initially drew me to the book rather than the poems themselves.

Comprising 44 poems for the young and young at heart. Whilst I cannot say I found the poems exceptional they did have a certain charm in that the author managed to capture perfectly the simplicity and wonder of childhood without being overly sentimental. 

First published in 1924. Just as many past generations of readers have enjoyed these poems they are of a timeless quality that I'm sure will be loved by many generations yet to come.

* Click HERE to view the PDF copy of the book.

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