When we were very young
by Milne, A. A., (Alan Alexander)
A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
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- Full title :When we were very young / A.A. Milne ; with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard.
Summary
A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
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- Publication Date:©1924
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Dutton Children's Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1924
Notes
Copyright renewed: 1952.
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
The Physical Object
- Description:100 pages : : illustrations ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0525444459, 9780525444459, 9780140361230, 0140361235, 9780525479307, 0525479309, 9780525425809, 0525425802
- oclc:ocm19142474
- LC Classification:PZ8.3.M6354
- Dewey Decimal:821
Table of Contents
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.
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