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Now We Are Six

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Title:Now We Are Six
Author:
Milne, A. A.   
(2 of 4 for author by title)
War With Honour (Macmillan War Pamphlets #2)
The House at Pooh Corner
Published:   1927
Tags:fiction, poetry
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Now We Are Six is a book of thirty-five children's verses by A. A. Milne, with illustrations by E. H. Shepard. It was first published in 1927 including poems such as "King John's Christmas", "Binker" and "Pinkle Purr".

Now We Are Six is the second collection of children’s poetry written by A. A. Milne, best known for creating the beloved children’s character Winnie the Pooh (who appears in several poems). Milne’s poetry isn’t as famous as his Pooh stories, but it is just as magical for readers young and old.

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Milne is most famous for his two Pooh books about a boy named Christopher Robin after his son, Christopher Robin Milne, and various characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named "Edward", was renamed "Winnie-the-Pooh" after a Canadian black bear named Winnie (after Winnipeg), which was used as a military mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war. "The pooh" comes from a swan called "Pooh". E. H. Shepard illustrated the original Pooh books, using his own son's teddy, Growler ("a magnificent bear"), as the model. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Tigger, were incorporated into A. A. Milne's stories, two more characters - Rabbit and Owl - were created by Milne's imagination. Christopher Robin Milne's own toys are now under glass in New York where 750,000 people visit them every year.

The success of his children's books was to become a source of considerable annoyance to Milne, whose self-avowed aim was to write whatever he...

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