When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne audiobook

When We Were Very Young

By A. A. Milne
Read by Peter Dennis

Bother! LA Production

Unabridged

Format : Playaway (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781598956726

Runtime: 0.98 Hours
Category: Fiction/Classics
Audience: Children (8–12)
Language: English

Summary

Summary

An Audible Pick of Top 100 Kids Books of All Time

Blackstone Audiobooks presents, from the unabridged collection "A.A. Milne's Pooh Classics," the forty-four poems and verses from When We Were Very Young performed by Peter Dennis. This is the only reading of these delightful verses authorized by A.A. Milne's son, Christopher Robin.


"Congratulations on your outstanding contribution to children and their families. The sort of growth your work inspires speaks for emotional, ethical and character development. My personal good wishes!"—Diana Huss Green, editor-in-chief, Parents' Choice Foundation

"Peter's reading of A.A. Milne's verse and poetry is about you and me and that cognac-colored moment when a scent of memory sends us flying back through time to a place in youth where, for a perfect instant, nothing is wrong."—Al Martinez, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, Los Angeles Times


INDEX of Poems for When We Were Very Young

Corner-of-the-Street

Buckingham Palace

Happiness

The Christening

Puppy and I

Twinkletoes

The Four Friends

Lines and Squares

Brownie

Independence

Nursery Chairs

Market Square

Daffodowndilly

Water-Lilies

Disobedience

Spring Morning

The Island

The Three Foxes

Politeness

Jonathan Jo

At the Zoo

Rice Pudding

Missing

The King's Breakfast

Hoppity

At Home

The Wrong House

Summer Afternoon

The Dormouse and the Doctor

Shoes and Stockings

Sand-Between-the-Toes

Knights and Ladies

Little Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue

The Mirror

Halfway Down

The Invaders

Before Tea

Teddy Bear

Bad Sir Brian Botany

In the Fashion

The Alchemist

Growing Up

If I Were King

Vespers

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Soothing music introduces and links the stories and verses. Subtle sounds of nature immerse the listener in Pooh’s world and provide a backdrop for Peter Dennis’s enchanting performance…All ages will enjoy this marvelous performance of Milne’s words.” AudioFile

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Author

Author Bio: A. A. Milne

Author Bio: 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).

Details

Details

Available Formats : Playaway
Category: Fiction/Classics
Runtime: 0.98
Audience: Children (8–12)
Language: English