Author
A. A. Milne
7 books here
Winnie-the-Pooh / The House at Pooh Corner
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 600L · 1995
The gold standard for read-alouds: Milne's deadpan voice and Shepard's illustrations do half the work, and the prose contains jokes adults genuinely enjoy — you won't resent rereading it.
The House at Pooh Corner
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 550L · 1997
Milne's vocabulary and narrative voice are genuinely literary—read-aloud gold for parents who love language—and the emotional insight into friendship and acceptance holds up across decades.
Winnie-the-Pooh
Picture book · ages 3–8 · 620L · 2002
The gold standard of children's literature — Milne's gentle philosophy, rich vocabulary, and Shepard's perfectly restrained illustrations create a world kids inhabit for years.
Now We Are Six - Unabridged
Picture book · ages 5–8 · 300L · 2023
The gold standard for read-alouds that make a 6-year-old feel like the smartest person in the room; the humor is dry enough to delight parents too.
Now we are six
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 600L · 1999
Timeless verse collection with E.H. Shepard's illustrations — the language is playful and linguistically rich without condescension, and children discover they can read 'real poetry' and love it.
Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 420L · 2001
The foundational friendship story — Milne's prose and E.H. Shepard's illustrations create a world so warm and funny that it survives a century of reprints.
When we were very young
Picture book · ages 3–8 · 550L · 1924
Century-old verse that still sounds alive—the rhythm carries kids through archaic vocabulary, and the humor is genuinely strange (not condescending), which keeps parents reading it aloud repeatedly without losing their minds.