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Now We are Sixty

Format:	Hardback 112 pages

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When Christopher Matthew was six, the poems of Milne always reassured him that other children were as naughty as he was, so on reaching sixty he decided that he should adapt Now We Are Six for an older audience. Now We Are Sixty is often hilarious, sometimes rueful and always thought-provoking. Some verses are about realising we are not as young as we thought, while some are about the more disconcerting problems of modern life; mobile telephones on trains, anti-social behaviour, traffic jams and the internet.

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Published
14/10/1999

Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd

ISBN
9780719559792

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'This affectionate tribute to Milne follows the familiar rhythms and rhyme schemes of the master' -- The Oldie 20000401 'Matthews retains the rhythms of the originals while neatly and wittily updating them to fit the modern world ... aided and abetted by David Eccles' faithfully rendered illustrations.' -- Glasgow Herald 20031220 'humorous pastiches ... a charming book' -- Glasgow Herald 20031220

UK Kirkus review

Irreverant and unapologetic collection of poems by a poor old codger who is as baffled by life at 60 as he was at six. In gratitude to the insights A A Milne offered him when in short trousers Christopher Matthew he has reworked some of Milne's favourites (to great comic effect) as he now contemplates elasticated ones. Typified by the lament What is the matter with Radio Four? (after Rice Pudding). Witty drawings by David Eccles. (Kirkus UK)