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A review by cocoonofbooks
The World of Christopher Robin: The Complete When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six by Ernest H. Shepard, A.A. Milne
3.0
2.5 stars. In case I'm not the only one who didn't realize this, these books are not Winnie-the-Pooh sequels in the way that [b:The House at Pooh Corner|776407|The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)|A.A. Milne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348195621s/776407.jpg|3244521] was a sequel to [b:Winnie-the-Pooh|99107|Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)|A.A. Milne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1298440130s/99107.jpg|1225592], even though they're listed as #3 and #4. These are poems that were written and published before the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, so there are a number of references to Christopher Robin and a very few to "Edward Bear," and the rest are unrelated poems, generally from a child's perspective.
I was surprised that my 3-year-old, upon learning that these were poems and not more Winnie-the-Pooh stories, adjusted his expectations quickly and was content to listen to "the poems" each night at bedtime. They reminded me a bit of [a:Shel Silverstein|435477|Shel Silverstein|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1201029128p2/435477.jpg], in that some of the poems are very short — only a few lines — and some tell more complete stories. I found the rhythm of the poems to be a bit lacking; given that we were listening to the authorized version of the audiobook and the narrator still couldn't quite get the beats to work tells me that it is indeed a flaw in the writing. So personally, I found them to be weak in form and mostly forgettable in content, but my son enjoyed them so much that I was able to set aside my critical hat enough to enjoy them more or less. I doubt that I will want to read them again in the future, though.
I was surprised that my 3-year-old, upon learning that these were poems and not more Winnie-the-Pooh stories, adjusted his expectations quickly and was content to listen to "the poems" each night at bedtime. They reminded me a bit of [a:Shel Silverstein|435477|Shel Silverstein|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1201029128p2/435477.jpg], in that some of the poems are very short — only a few lines — and some tell more complete stories. I found the rhythm of the poems to be a bit lacking; given that we were listening to the authorized version of the audiobook and the narrator still couldn't quite get the beats to work tells me that it is indeed a flaw in the writing. So personally, I found them to be weak in form and mostly forgettable in content, but my son enjoyed them so much that I was able to set aside my critical hat enough to enjoy them more or less. I doubt that I will want to read them again in the future, though.