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A must for all libraries

2008-08-23
A.A.Milne's "Now We are Six" is a must for all chldren. Read it over and over, and son the child will learn favorite poems and can look at the words and read along. It is good that children learn the Real Pool characters rather than Disney's idea.

Now We are Six by A.A. Milne

2008-01-16
A book of poems and selections based on characters and events in "Winnie-The-Pooh by the same author. I like to give it to my young friends on their 6th birthday. A good book to be read to the child; a book to appreciate more as the child can read it for him or herself.

Classic poetry: Now We Are Six

2007-11-03
Beautiful edition of a classic. Most of the poems are great, some not so great.

Wonderful Classic!

2007-09-19
We have the complete works of Milne. My 5 year old son and I absolutely LOVE Pooh collections. We enjoy our special time together reading Now We Are Six...and this book is not just to be enjoyed by a child...but for all of us who are still kids at heart and enjoy real literature of substance. Silly, heartwarming, fun and clever are just a few words I would use to describe this book! Disney's version of Pooh (books, movies, cartoons) is far inferior!

And as I sign off, I will leave you with one of my favorite poems from this book. Found on page 1 in my handed lovingly down 1950 edition. And after reading the poem, I ask you...who doesn't still feel like this from time to time? 6 or 106...this is a timeless classic!

Solitude

I have a house where I go
When there's too many people,
I have a house where I go
Where no one can be;
I have a house where I go
Where nobody ever says "no";
Where no one says anything-so
There is no one but me.

(AA Milne page 1 of Now We Are Six)

Children's classic

2007-06-08
Book was in excellent condition and not readily available elsewhere. It arrived promptly.

A Classic

2007-02-21
When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six complete the four-volume set of deluxe editions of the Milne and Shepard classic works. Like their companions, the Winnie-the-Pooh 80th Anniversary Edition/i> and The House At Pooh Corner, these beautiful books feature a ribbon bookmark, a specially designed jacket with metallic ink and a peep-through window to the fullcolor case, and full-color artwork on cream-colored stock. The imaginative charm that has made Pooh the world’s most famous bear pervades the pages of Milne’s poetry, and Ernest H. Shepard’s witty and loving illustrations enhance these truly delightful gift editions.

Every kid should own this book! 2007-02-10
I absolutely loved this book my first time around, when I was five and six, sixty years ago. Of course it hasn't changed a bit, and I loved it all over again when I recently gave it to my grandsons. What a pleasure to reread and remember those charming verses, so many of which I'd memorized back then; the memories came flooding back.
Treat yourself -- even if you don't have grandkids.

Very Much Like "When We Were Very Young" 2007-01-31
"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.

Second best 2006-10-19
I grew up memorizing and reading Alan Alexander Milne's poetry. While this small book has the same whimsical, childish humor and imagination, I must say my favorite poems are all in the first volume, When We Were Very Young, which has favorites such as "The King's Breakfast" and "James James Morrison Morrison" and "John had great big waterproof boots on".

This book will tickle your ears and make you smile, but it's not quite my favorite. (Why do I always say "quite" more often after I read these poems?! =)

Good From Six to Sixty 2006-07-26
This is A.A. Milne's charming work about Winnie and Friends and makes for ideal reading to a 6 year old by his 60 year old grandparent. It's wonderfully illustrated as well.