Milne, A.A. (1924). When We Were Very Young. New York: Penguin Publishing.

This fun loving book of poetry is a classic for younger students. This novel contains many poems written by the famous author, A.A. Milne. This poetry novel begins with young readers imagining who they are within the book. Perhaps they are Christopher Robin, or perhaps another character. The 38th poem within this novel was the very first introduction of Winnie the Pooh, who was first known as Mr. Edward Bear.
I thought this great novel would be great to use for an Author study on A.A. Milne for Kindergarten or first grade. I thought it would be a great introduction to poetry for young readers as well. Many of the poems within this novel are fun loving characters, so it may be fun to discuss different topics such as friendship, politeness, animals, and more features within this novel. In addition, many of these poems were written to go along with songs, so I thought it would be neat to try to find such music and incorporate it with the poetry reading.
The following is a video children can listen to of a reading of Winnie the Pooh's first appearance from this novel:

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