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Alan Alexander Milne (/ m ɪ l n /; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-the-Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.
Now We Are Six is a 1927 book of children's poetry by A. A. Milne, with illustrations by E. H. Shepard. It is the second collection of children's poems following Milne's When We Were Very Young, which was first published in 1924. The collection contains thirty-five verses, including eleven poems that feature Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations.
When We Were Very Young is a best-selling book of poetry by A. A. Milne. [1] It was first published in 1924, and it was illustrated by E. H. Shepard.Several of the verses were set to music by Harold Fraser-Simson.
The collection of letters, due to be auctioned by Fieldings Auctioneers in Stourbridge on 16 January, contains first drafts of Milne’s works like the poem Wind on the Hill and the opening ...
"Vespers" is a poem by the British author A.A. Milne, first published in 1923 by the American magazine Vanity Fair, and later included in the 1924 book of Milne's poems When We Were Very Young when it was accompanied by two illustrations by E.H. Shephard. It was written about the "Christopher Robin" persona of Milne's son Christopher Robin Milne.
Pages in category "Poetry by A. A. Milne" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Halfway Down (poem) N.
Ernest Shepard illustration for "Halfway Down". "Halfway Down" is a poem by A.A. Milne, included in the 1924 collection When We Were Very Young.A "juvenile meditation", Zena Sutherland comments in Children & Books that both the poem and Ernest Shepard's illustration "has caught the mood of suspended action that is always overtaking small children on stairs."
It is the first of two story collections by Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh, the second being The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne and Shepard collaborated previously for English humour magazine Punch, and in 1924 created When We Were Very Young, a poetry collection. Among the characters in the poetry book was a teddy bear Shepard modelled after ...