A.A. Milne's Pooh stories need no introduction; they have been loved by generations of children and their parents ever since they were first published in 1926.
In his autobiography, Milne wrote: 'The animals in the stories came for the most part from the nursery. My collaborator [his wife] had already given them individual voices, their owner by constant affection had given them the twist in their features which denotes character, and Shepard drew them, as one might say, from the living model.'
Contains:
In Which We Are Introduced to [Winnie the Pooh and Some Bees][2] and the Stories Begin
In Which [Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place][3]
In Which [Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle][4]
In Which [Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One][5]
In Which [Piglet Meets a Heffalump][6]
In Which [Eeyore has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents][7]
In Which …
A.A. Milne's Pooh stories need no introduction; they have been loved by generations of children and their parents ever since they were first published in 1926.
In his autobiography, Milne wrote: 'The animals in the stories came for the most part from the nursery. My collaborator [his wife] had already given them individual voices, their owner by constant affection had given them the twist in their features which denotes character, and Shepard drew them, as one might say, from the living model.'
Contains:
In Which We Are Introduced to [Winnie the Pooh and Some Bees][2] and the Stories Begin
In Which [Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place][3]
In Which [Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle][4]
In Which [Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One][5]
In Which [Piglet Meets a Heffalump][6]
In Which [Eeyore has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents][7]
In Which [Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest and Piglet has a Bath][8]
In Which [Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole][1]
In Which [Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water][9]
In Which [Christopher Robin Gives Pooh a Party][10] and We Say Goodbye
The things that most stick with me are the loving relationships between Piglet and Pooh, and Pooh and Christopher Robin. The support and joy they all take in each other's company shines through the pages. That last chapter about the end of boyhood is poignant and beautiful.