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When We Were Very Young is a book by A. A. Milne containing forty-four poems. It was first published in 1924, and was illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Several of the verses were set to music by Harold Fraser-Simson. The book begins with an introduction entitled Just Before We Begin, which, in part, tells the reader to imagine for themselves who the narrator is, and that it might be Christopher Robin. The thirty-eighth poem in the book, Teddy Bear, that originally appeared in the Punch magazine in 1923, was the first appearance of the famous character Winnie-the-Pooh. In one of the illustrations of Teddy Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh is shown wearing a shirt which was later coloured red when reproduced on a recording produced by Stephen Slesinger. This has become his standard appearance in the Disney adaptations.
Contents
- Corner of the Street
- Buckingham Palace
- Happiness
- The Christening
- Puppy and I
- Twinkle Toes
- 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
- "Vespers" being in the library of the Queen's Dolls' House, is here by special permission
See also
- Now We Are Six, another book of poetry by A. A. Milne
- References
- Milne, A. A. "WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG"
With Decorations by ERNEST H. SHEPARD
- 100 Pages, every one of them had some form of decoration on them. Just small sketches.
- Contrary to the write above my copy was 1st Published on November 6th 1921. The 2nd Edition was published November 1924. The 3rd, 4th and 5th Editions published in the December of 1924, due to sales.
The inscription reads. To CHRISTOPHER ROBIN MILNE or as he prefers to call himself
BILLY MOON.
This book which owes so much to him is now humbly offered. I do not have a cover but the navy blue cloth over board, with stitched hinges is wonderfully decorated in gold characters from the book. The back has the wee girl peeping through the curtains, also taken from the sketch on (page 14) BROWNIE.And of course the title and authors name is written on the spine
References
- Milne, A. A. "When We Were Very Young". Methuen & Co.; London, 1924
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