A. A. Milne - Now We Are Six

Pros: Milne's rollicking rhymes and silly sensibility; Shepard's illustrations

Cons: None really (see review)

The Bottom Line: A fun collection of poetry that can be enjoyed by people from before six to beyond sixty.

Review: What could be more fun that reading a book of poetry about what it feels like to be almost six years old? Okay. Actually being almost six is probably more fun! But since all of us here are past that age, we'll have to make do with the vicarious fun...

Pros: Lots of variety.

Cons: Pooh fans might feel like they're missing something.

The Bottom Line: If you like nursery rhymes, you'll enjoy this book.

Review: A. A. Milne is perhaps best known for his Winnie-the-Pooh stories; however, in Now We Are Six he goes far beyond the characters who live in the forest.

Pooh fans will appreciate the poems about Pooh and Christopher Robin, but the...

Pros: Memorable poems. Shepard's illustrations

Cons: Some a little old fashioned

The Bottom Line: I would recommend this book to anyone with a small child. I give it only four stars as the poems are mixed in quality.

Review: Everyone who has read Milne s original Pooh books knows that he can write a good hum, after all Pooh gives us several.

In this volume (and the earlier When We Were Very Young ) Milne s voice comes through more clearly, unmoderated by...