Pen drawing of a child in a bonnet standing on a wooden chair, looking down at a small beetle on the floor, black ink on white.
Verse: I found a little beetle, so that Beetle was his name, And I called him Alexander and he answered just the same. A. A. Milne, 1927.
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No. 61 of 101 · Storybook Classics

Alexander Beetle

Pictures by E. H. ShepardWords by A. A. Milne

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A child climbs onto a chair to watch a little beetle, drawn in pen by E. H. Shepard, with A. A. Milne's lines about finding a beetle and naming him Alexander. The verse comes from Milne's 1927 book of poems for children, illustrated throughout with Shepard's pen drawings. For a small explorer, or anyone who grew up on Milne.

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Inside, it says

I found a little beetle, so that Beetle was his name, And I called him Alexander and he answered just the same. A. A. Milne, 1927

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A. A. Milne's 1927 book of verse for children, with E. H. Shepard's pen drawings. / US ONLY / Storybook Classics / No. 61/101

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