When We Were Very Young

A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard

• Publisher: Aladdin
• eBook ISBN:
  9781665947756
• Year: 2024

With a gorgeously redesigned cover and the original black and white interior illustrations by Ernest Shepard, this beautiful edition of the beloved classic poetry collection When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne is sure to delight new and old fans alike!

Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was Mr. Edward Bear, a rotund teddy bear who was proud of his stature. Meet him and many other lovable characters in this verse collection that launched A. A. Milne’s career as a children’s author and led to the creation of his novels about Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin.

Full of whimsy, humor, and imagination, these children’s poems tell of visits to the zoo and Buckingham Palace, the romance between Little Bo Peep and Little Boy Blue, the shenanigans of peculiar characters, quiet afternoons in nature, and more.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• 1. Just Before We Begin
• 2. Corner-of-the-Street
• 3. Buckingham Palace
• 4. Happiness
• 5. The Christening
• 6. Puppy and I
• 7. Twinkletoes
• 8. The Four Friends
• 9. Lines and Squares
• 10. Brownie
• 11. Independence
• 12. Nursery Chairs
• 13. Market Square
• 14. Daffodowndilly
• 15. Water Lilies
• 16. Disobedience
• 17. Spring Morning
• 18. The Island
• 19. The Three Foxes
• 20. Politeness
• 21. Jonathan Jo
• 22. At the Zoo
• 23. Rice Pudding
• 24. Missing
• 25. The King’s Breakfast
• 26. Hoppity
• 27. At Home
• 28. The Wrong House
• 29. Summer Afternoon
• 30. The Dormouse and the Doctor
• 31. Shoes and Stockings
• 32. Sand-between-the-Toes
• 33. Knights and Ladies
• 34. Little Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue
• 35. The Mirror
• 36. Halfway Down
• 37. The Invaders
• 38. Before Tea
• 39. Teddy Bear
• 40. Bad Sir Brian Botany
• 41. In the Fashion
• 42. The Alchemist
• 43. Growing Up
• 44. If I Were King
• 45. Vespers
• About the Author and Illustrator
• Copyright