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A sunlit, rhythmic stroll through the boundless imagination and gentle wonders of early childhood. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with When we were very young.
- cozy
- sun-warmed
- innocent
- comforting
- 01
Now we are six
A. A. Milne
A sunlit, rhythmic celebration of childhood imagination and the quiet triumph of growing up.
- 02
Winnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne
A sunlit, honey-sweet retreat into the gentle, uncomplicated friendships of childhood imagination.
- 03
Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees
Alan Alexander Milne
A sun-dappled stroll through the gentle, honey-sweet logic of childhood imagination.
- 04
Winnie-the-Pooh
Walt Disney Company
A gentle, sun-dappled stroll through the innocent landscape of childhood imagination and unwavering friendship.
- 05
A Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885
A sunlit, nostalgic journey back to the boundless imagination and cozy comforts of early childhood.
- 06
Flower Fairies of the Winter
Cicely Mary Barker
A delicate, frost-kissed stroll through a sleeping garden where magic hides in the bare branches and evergreen boughs.
- 07
A light in the attic
Shel Silverstein
A whimsical invitation to step inside a world where the rules of reality are delightfully bent and imagination reigns supreme.
- 08
Appley Dapply's nursery rhymes
Beatrix Potter · 1909
A pocket-sized collection of rhythmic, woodland whimsy that feels like a warm cup of tea on a rainy afternoon.
- 09
The Golden Age
Kenneth Grahame
A sunlit, nostalgic romp through the boundless imagination of childhood and the baffling world of adults.
- 10
A Child's Christmas in Wales
Dylan Thomas · 2003
A lyrical, snow-dusted plunge into the sensory magic and warm nostalgia of a childhood winter.
- 11
Struwwelpeter
Heinrich Hoffmann
A delightfully grim collection of cautionary rhymes where minor childhood infractions are met with spectacularly gruesome consequences.
- 12
Dirty Beasts
Roald Dahl
A wickedly funny collection of verses where the animal kingdom finally gets its gruesome, glorious revenge.
