Now We Are Six (Pooh Original Edition)
by A. A. Milne
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Author: A. A. MilneIllustrator: Ernest H. Shepard
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1988-10-31
ISBN: 0525444467
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Book Reviews of Now We Are Six (Pooh Original Edition)
Book Review: Very Much Like "When We Were Very Young"
Summary: 5 Stars
"Now We Are Six" was published sometime between the publishing of the two two Winnie-the-Pooh books, and it looks very much like Milne's "When We Were Very Young" (which was published before either of the Pooh books hit the market). I would actually call it a sequel to "When We Were Very Young." It's just a collection of poetry with a special emphasis on childhood. Maybe I shouldn't say it's "just" a collection. Pooh would say it's actually a very grand collection. At least I think he would say so, because even a bear of very little brain knows what the word "grand" means.
Milne immediately gets your attention with the "ahem" in his introduction, and fails to lose any of it from there. He tells a wide variety of funny/touching stories about topics ranging from a cowardly knight with unusually quiet armour to a problematic break for a little toy train.
"King Hilary and the Beggarman" is a particularly good standout poem and is an effective parody of government offices in general that still can be applied perfectly to this very day.
Hmm...there's a poem within a poem in "The Emperor's Rhyme" that I couldn't understand, even after looking the verses over several times.
"Explained" is by far my favorite poem in this set. It shows the true comfort a child can get from something as simple as a doll's squeak. How strange it is that no doubt in the child's mind can possibly stand up to something we adults consider to be so completely negligible.
Perhaps the poems "Pinkle Purr" and "Twice Times" best summarize the thoughts of the author in this book. They both emphasize the changes in the relationship between a parent and a growing child over time. You can really see how this theme has become a major concern of Milne during the passing of the three years between the publication of his poetry books. The man just loved his son a whole heck of a lot. I don't think he wanted to ever let this love go. It's truly the quality of a great dad. I often feel my dad is like Milne in a way, because of this.
Summary of Now We Are Six (Pooh Original Edition)
More entertaining verses and delightful pictures in the style of When We Were Very Young. "Gay verses about all manner of things, which with their original rhytm dance their way into memory."--Four to Forteen, , 1927
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