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Beloved, classic stories and poems in one volume.
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Why Age 5+?
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What's the Story?
The gentle, humorous stories from Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, and the poems from When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six, are collected in one volume, unabridged and with the original illustrations of Ernest Shepard.
Is It Any Good?
The original Pooh books are a delight at any age, wonderful as read-alouds, and a challenge for young readers. The poems, about "Bad King John" and "The King of Peru" and "The Knight Whose Armor Didn't Squeak," are some of the cleverest and wittiest poetry ever written for children. And all of it is perfectly matched in tone by Ernest Shepard's delicate line drawings. This edition combines all four books into one volume, which is fine for reading aloud but too heavy and bulky for small hands to handle on their own for long.
For generations, A.A. Milne's four Pooh books -- two of prose stories, and two of poetry -- were the delight of children and adults, a treasure of English literature. The kindly wisdom depicted in the peaceful adventures of Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, and others, all overseen by the wise and thoughtful Christopher Robin, tickled the fancies and warmed the hearts of millions.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about making up stories about their toys. What adventures do you and your toys have? Kids and parents may want to write them down together and draw pictures to go with them. If kids have seen the TV show and movies, how are they different from this book?
Book Details
- Author :
- Illustrator : Ernest H. Shepard
- Genre : Animals
- Book type : Fiction
- Publisher : Dutton Children's Books
- Publication date : October 1, 1996
- Number of pages : 557
- Last updated : July 19, 2019
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