When We Were Very Young
A.A. Milne wrote many poems to entertain his young son, Christopher Robin Milne, who appears to have been about three when "When We Were Very Young" was published. The book is a collection of 45 poems that celebrate a world and a point of view that a very young person could understand and enjoy. It became a best-seller.
Christopher Robin is introduced as a character in some of the poems. We first meet him in the Preface, "Just Before We Begin." In it we learn of a swan which he feeds upon a lake and who he has named "Pooh." Milne comments on the fortuitous rhyming of that name with the lowing of the local cattle, "moo," and intends us to believe that that led to the idea of writing the poems that comprise "When We Were Very Young." Later, of course, this name became attached to a rather lovable bear who had whole books of his adventures written by Milne over the next few years. We will meet that teddy bear in one of poems of this book!- Summary by Mark Smith
Genre(s): Poetry
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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| Play 01 | 01- Dedication & Preface | Mark F. Smith |
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| Play 02 | 02 - Poems 1 - 5 | Mark F. Smith |
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| Play 03 | 03- Poems 6 - 10 | Mark F. Smith |
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| Play 04 | 04 - Poems 11 - 15 | Mark F. Smith |
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| Play 05 | 05 - Poems 16 - 20 | Mark F. Smith |
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| Play 06 | 06 - Poems 21 - 25 | Mark F. Smith |
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| Play 07 | 07 - Poems 26 - 30 | Mark F. Smith |
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| Play 08 | 08 - Poems 31 - 35 | Mark F. Smith |
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| Play 09 | 09 - Poems 36 - 40 | Mark F. Smith |
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| Play 10 | 10 - Poems 41 - 45 | Mark F. Smith |
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