A. A. Milne was born on this day in 1882. He was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. Photo: A.A. Milne, his son Christopher Robin, and the real Winnie The Pooh, 1926.
Milne's Pooh stories are amazing and so fun to read, probably more so for the adult, unless kids were way smarter back then. The final one is absolutely gut-wrenching, I was bawling my eyes out when I finished. Luckily my daughter was asleep by that time cause I don't think I would have been able to explain.
His book of poems, When We Were Very Young, is also a lot of fun. I'd put it up there with Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Christopher Robin later came to hate the books and resented his father, believing has childhood had been exploited. He gave away the stuffed animals to the books' editor, who gave them to the New York Public Library.
"So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing."
prosthetic4head on January 18th, 2018 at 20:14 UTC »
Milne's Pooh stories are amazing and so fun to read, probably more so for the adult, unless kids were way smarter back then. The final one is absolutely gut-wrenching, I was bawling my eyes out when I finished. Luckily my daughter was asleep by that time cause I don't think I would have been able to explain.
His book of poems, When We Were Very Young, is also a lot of fun. I'd put it up there with Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Hugo_Hackenbush on January 18th, 2018 at 20:19 UTC »
Christopher Robin later came to hate the books and resented his father, believing has childhood had been exploited. He gave away the stuffed animals to the books' editor, who gave them to the New York Public Library.
mellotronworker on January 18th, 2018 at 22:30 UTC »
"So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing."