Publisher Description
A.A. Milne, the beloved author of the Winnie-the-Pooh series, followed up his success with the first two Pooh books - "When We Were Very Young" and "Winnie-the-Pooh" - with this collection of poems for young readers that has become a classic in children's literature.
The book features Christopher Robin and Pooh Bear (of course) but also a wide range of characters throughout the thirty-plus poems collected in this volume. "Now We Are Six" includes poems like "King John's Christmas" where the "bad" King John wishes for a rubber ball in his holiday stocking, "In the Dark," where Christopher Robin - tucked into bed- dreams of late-night adventures as he falls asleep and "Binker," wherein a lonely young boy celebrates his imaginary friend.
A poetry collection for young readers that is without peer, "Now We Are Six" is presented here in its original and unabridged format.
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About A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) was the son of a Scottish schoolmaster. Milne won a scholarship to Westminster School and later read mathematics at Cambridge. His real interest was in lighthearted writing; he edited the undergraduate magazine Granta and at twenty-four he became assistant editor of Punch. After serving as a signals officer in World War I he won additional acclaim as a playwright. His great success, however, came as a writer of children’s literature after publishing a series of verses about his young son Christopher Robin (When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six). Following the acclaim received for the Winnie-the-Pooh books, Milne published several novels as well as an autobiography, It’s Too Late Now (1939).
About Sara Nichols
Emily Brontë (1818–1848),
sister of Anne and Charlotte, published only one novel in her career, Wuthering Heights. Though she died just one year after its publication and
never knew of its success, the story of doomed love and revenge went on to earn its
place among the masterpieces of English literature.