Another book of verses to and for, by, with and from, Christopher Robin, who is a little older now. Ernest H. Shephard, who is, if anything, slightly younger, continues to draw as delightfully as he did when he decorated "When We Were Very Young." Winnie-the-Pooh, perhaps an inch more round the waist, makes an occasional appearance.

From the dust jacket of the Methuen (UK) first edition

"I think I am a Doctor who is visiting a Sneeze."

This time, Mr. Milne has given us verse, and such inimitable verse—all about Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh and The Old Sailor.

"Who has so many things which he 
        wanted to do
That, whenever he thought it was
        time to begin,
He couldn't because of the state
        he was in."

There is the "Knight Whose Armour Didn't Squeak" and "Us Two".

"Wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
Whatever I do, he wants to do,
'Where are you going, today?' says Pooh:
'Well, that's very odd 'cos I was too.
'Let's go together,' says Pooh, says he.
'Let's go together,' says Pooh."

There are no adjectives to describe the appeal of this book. It is unbelievable that after "When We Were Very Young" and "Winnie-the-Pooh" there should be anything as perfect as "Now We Are Six". Ernest Shepard has simply outdone himself with the decorations.

From the dust jacket of the E.P. Dutton & Company, first American edition