

Some may find their unvarying tone of infantile sweetness rather cloying. To be sure, not all of it is poetry of the highest calibre.

And all of it looks at the world through the eyes of a small, active child (sometimes, but not always, Christopher Robin), a child between the ages of three and six whose mind is full of questions and games and make-believe. There is also mention of a bear (whose name is sometimes, but not always, Pooh) and of a Pooh (who is sometimes, but not always, a bear). Shepard are several pictures of a well-known toy bear. Among the lighthearted “decorations” by Ernest H.

These slender books of children’s poetry are often boxed together with Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner as a set.
