This is a favourite in our family. My daughter is getting close to being three years old, and she's ready for most of the poems in this book. She sits quietly, leaned forward into the book, and excitedly shouts at me when something interesting happens. Things like, "I think he's going to play with the puppy!" or "He found the rabbits!"
She doesn't say anything at all for poems like "The King's Breakfast" or "Rice Pudding", because she is too engrossed. She does yell at me when I open the book, though, to make sure that I read those particular poems.
A A Milne is the author of Winnie the Pooh. A poet and playwright. The rhyming and rhythm in this book are not only functional but inventive. The form of the poems is varied and often unpredictable, but always perfectly suited to the story.
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