Now We Are Six

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1. "King John's Christmas"
2. "Busy"
3. "Sneezles"
4. "Binker"
5. "Cherry Stones"
6. "The Knight Whose Armour Didn't Squeak"
7. "Buttercup Days"
8. "The Charcoal-Burner"
9. "Us Two"
10. "The Old Sailor"
11. "The Engineer"
12. "Journey's End"
13. "Furry Bear"
14. "Forgiven"
15. "The Emperor's Rhyme"
16. "Knight-in-Armour"
17. "Come Out with Me"
18. "Down by the Pond"
19. "The Little Black Hen"
20. "The Friend"
21. "The Good Little Girl"
22. "A Thought"
23. "King Hilary and The Beggarman"
24. "Swing Song"
25. "Explained"
26. "Twice Times"
27. "The Morning Walk"
28. "Cradle Song"
29. "Waiting at The Window"
30. "Pinkle Purr"
31. "Wind on the Hill"
32. "Forgotten"
33. "In the Dark"
34. "The End"}}

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| quote = I've had my supper,

And had my supper,

And HAD my supper and all;

I've heard the story

Of Cinderella,

And how she went to the ball;

I've cleaned my teeth,

And I've said my prayers,

And I've cleaned and said them right;

And they've all of them been

And kissed me lots,

They've all of said "Good-night."

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The book's collection of poems have recurring themes of childlike innocence and characteristics that numerous scholars have studied. The cognitive psychologist George Miller has argued that the poem "In the Dark" was inspired by crib talk.Miller, G. (1962) Foreword by a psychologist, pp. 13-17, In Weir RH. (1962). Language in the Crib. University of Michigan; Edition 2, (1970) Mouton. {{OCLC|300988484}} Furthermore, "In the Dark" can be read as an endorsement of childhood "as a golden era where... innocence, unqualified parental love, [and] irresponsibility" are commonly occurring traits.{{Cite book |last1=Cleaver |first1=Hedy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1A7DNDEn90UC |title=Children's needs - parenting capacity: child abuse, parental mental illness, learning disability, substance misuse, and domestic violence |last2=Unell |first2=Ira |publisher=Stationery Office |year=2011 |isbn=9780117063655 |pages=Preface |language=en |access-date=February 27, 2023}} Author Elena Goodwin postulates that "King Hilary and the Beggarman" characterizes the poem's titular character as "like a small child, [that] excitedly anticipates the various Christmas gifts that" he will receive.{{Cite book |last=Goodwin |first=Elena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=82jDDwAAQBAJ |title=Translating England Into Russian - The Politics of Children's Literature in the Soviet Union and Modern Russia |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2019 |isbn=9781350134003 |pages=124 |language=en |access-date=February 27, 2023}}

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The book's title and function as a collection of poems has been parodied or influential following its publication. In 2003, Neil Gaiman released Now We Are Sick, a poem anthology book featuring sci-fi, fantasy, and horror poems that thirty authors wrote.{{Cite web |title=Neil Gaiman {{!}} Neil's Work {{!}} Books {{!}} Now We Are Sick |url=https://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Now+We+Are+Sick/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=www.neilgaiman.com}} In 2017, the BBC and James Goss released Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred, which featured a collection of poems about The Doctor with illustrations by then Doctor Who show-runner, Russel T. Davies.{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/doctor-who-now-we-are-six-hundred-james-goss?variant=32115403391010 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=HarperCollins |language=en}}

By 1928, soprano Mimi Crawford recorded some poems from the collection set to music.The Gramophone. (1927). United Kingdom: C. Mackenzie. Harold Fraser-Simon created the compositions.The Chesterian .... (1927). United Kingdom: J. & W. Chester, Limited.

The poem "Us Two" features Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh spending time together. Some of the language in this poem is paraphrased by the song "Forever & Ever" from Pooh's Grand Adventure.{{Citation |title=Walt Disney Records (Ft. Frankie J. Galasso & Jim Cummings) – Forever and Ever |url=https://genius.com/Walt-disney-records-forever-and-ever-lyrics |access-date=2023-02-27}}

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| quote = "So wherever I am, there's always Pooh,

There's always Pooh and Me.

"What would I do?" I said to Pooh,

"If it wasn't for you," and Pooh said: "True,

It isn't much fun for One, but Two,

Can stick together, says Pooh, says he. "That's how it is," says Pooh."

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The book entered the public domain in the United States in 2023 along with other 1927 works.{{Cite web |title=Public Domain Day 2023 {{!}} Duke University School of Law |url=https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2023/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=web.law.duke.edu |language=en}}{{Portal|Children's literature}}

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