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When We Were Very Young

A.A. Milne's Pooh Classics, Volume 3

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When We Were Very Young

Written by: A. A. Milne
Narrated by: Peter Dennis
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 Blackstone Audiobooks presents, from the unabridged collection A.A. Milne's Pooh Classics, the 44 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.

The first of A.A. Milne's four world-famous books for children, When We Were Very Young introduced Christopher Robin to innumerable friends and has probably been read more widely than any other book of verse for children published in our time.

For sheer delightfulness, the children's rhymes of A.A. Milne are in a class by themselves, with their charm, humor, and understanding, to say nothing of their irresistible rhythms.

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What the critics say

"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." (Los Angeles Times)

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My mother and grandmother read this to me as a small child. It's nice to revisit these poems. my only complaint with the performance is that the narrator sometimes yells some lines quite loudly, which isn't a problem in itself but doesn't suit my purpose, which is to listen to these while I fall asleep!

Not as great for falling asleep as I'd hoped...

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