When we were very young
by A. A. Milne · first published 1924
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A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
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…copyright; The House at Pooh Corner wasn't published until 01928, and even Winnie-the-Pooh was published in 01926. The only Pooh material published early enough to be in the US public domain is the poem from When we Were Very Young. I think that in two and a half months Winnie-the-Pooh goes into the public domain in the US, but the other remains locked up until 02024. I'm not sure about, for example, the UK; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28926477…
on “Penguin is no longer the owner of the copyright to The Tao of Pooh” ↗My grandmother is in her late 90s, has dementia, and is in a care home. My mother sent me this update last week: > Went to see Granny yesterday, was quite cheerful, read though the poems in "When we were very young"[0], her original copy[1], given to her in 1928, how about that. She knows them off by heart and joins in when you read them to her Q: When we're in our late 90s, how many of us will be able to consume…
on ““The books will stop working.”” ↗Here you are: https://www.waterstones.com/book/when-we-were-very-young/a-a... Took less than 30 seconds.
on “Winnie the Pooh to Enter the Public Domain in 2022” ↗