Written with simplicity and gentle humor, A. A. Milne’s poems recapture the innocence of childhood and the wonder of everyday situations, from putting on boots for a rainy day to birdwatching and gazing at a cloudy sky. Alert readers will recognize the narrator of Teddy Bear, a poem that originally appeared in Punch magazine in 1924 and marked the debut of Winnie-the-Pooh (here named Mr. Edward Bear by the author’s son, Christopher Robin Milne). The verses’ imaginative rhymes and rhythms make them a joy to read aloud, and Ernest H. Shepard’s drawings provide memorable accompaniment.