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The Hums of Pooh
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First published January 1, 1929
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A.A. Milne
1,848 books3,695 followersAlan Alexander Milne (pronounced /ˈmɪln/) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems.
A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London, to parents Vince Milne and Sarah Marie Milne (née Heginbotham) and grew up at Henley House School, 6/7 Mortimer Road (now Crescent), Kilburn, a small public school run by his father. One of his teachers was H. G. Wells who taught there in 1889–90. Milne attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied on a mathematics scholarship. While there, he edited and wrote for Granta, a student magazine. He collaborated with his brother Kenneth and their articles appeared over the initials AKM. Milne's work came to the attention of the leading British humour magazine Punch, where Milne was to become a contributor and later an assistant editor.
Milne joined the British Army in World War I and served as an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and later, after a debilitating illness, the Royal Corps of Signals. He was discharged on February 14, 1919.
After the war, he wrote a denunciation of war titled Peace with Honour (1934), which he retracted somewhat with 1940's War with Honour. During World War II, Milne was one of the most prominent critics of English writer P. G. Wodehouse, who was captured at his country home in France by the Nazis and imprisoned for a year. Wodehouse made radio broadcasts about his internment, which were broadcast from Berlin. Although the light-hearted broadcasts made fun of the Germans, Milne accused Wodehouse of committing an act of near treason by cooperating with his country's enemy. Wodehouse got some revenge on his former friend by creating fatuous parodies of the Christopher Robin poems in some of his later stories, and claiming that Milne "was probably jealous of all other writers.... But I loved his stuff."
He married Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt in 1913, and their only son, Christopher Robin Milne, was born in 1920. In 1925, A. A. Milne bought a country home, Cotchford Farm, in Hartfield, East Sussex. During World War II, A. A. Milne was Captain of the Home Guard in Hartfield & Forest Row, insisting on being plain 'Mr. Milne' to the members of his platoon. He retired to the farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 left him an invalid and by August 1953 "he seemed very old and disenchanted".
He was 74 years old when he passed away in 1956.
A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London, to parents Vince Milne and Sarah Marie Milne (née Heginbotham) and grew up at Henley House School, 6/7 Mortimer Road (now Crescent), Kilburn, a small public school run by his father. One of his teachers was H. G. Wells who taught there in 1889–90. Milne attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied on a mathematics scholarship. While there, he edited and wrote for Granta, a student magazine. He collaborated with his brother Kenneth and their articles appeared over the initials AKM. Milne's work came to the attention of the leading British humour magazine Punch, where Milne was to become a contributor and later an assistant editor.
Milne joined the British Army in World War I and served as an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and later, after a debilitating illness, the Royal Corps of Signals. He was discharged on February 14, 1919.
After the war, he wrote a denunciation of war titled Peace with Honour (1934), which he retracted somewhat with 1940's War with Honour. During World War II, Milne was one of the most prominent critics of English writer P. G. Wodehouse, who was captured at his country home in France by the Nazis and imprisoned for a year. Wodehouse made radio broadcasts about his internment, which were broadcast from Berlin. Although the light-hearted broadcasts made fun of the Germans, Milne accused Wodehouse of committing an act of near treason by cooperating with his country's enemy. Wodehouse got some revenge on his former friend by creating fatuous parodies of the Christopher Robin poems in some of his later stories, and claiming that Milne "was probably jealous of all other writers.... But I loved his stuff."
He married Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt in 1913, and their only son, Christopher Robin Milne, was born in 1920. In 1925, A. A. Milne bought a country home, Cotchford Farm, in Hartfield, East Sussex. During World War II, A. A. Milne was Captain of the Home Guard in Hartfield & Forest Row, insisting on being plain 'Mr. Milne' to the members of his platoon. He retired to the farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 left him an invalid and by August 1953 "he seemed very old and disenchanted".
He was 74 years old when he passed away in 1956.
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November 20, 2025
Winnie the Pooh is the original Shakespeare!
This little book is the definition of charming, it's a lovely collection of all Pooh's Hums, with little notes from the author and musings on Pooh's various works.
This book has the original illustrations in purple and yellow, which was really cool!
I love Pooh's poetry and songs. He is one of my most favourite characters ever.
"Hums are Pooh's way of thinking about his friends or honey, or the weather.
The bear of very little brain has a perfect hum for all sorts of occasions.
'It isn't brain, because you know why, but it just comes to me sometimes.'
Says Pooh."
'This song was made up by Pooh in a thoughtful spot where he and Piglet used to meet, but if I say any more about it, the explanation will be longer than the song.'
This little book is the definition of charming, it's a lovely collection of all Pooh's Hums, with little notes from the author and musings on Pooh's various works.
This book has the original illustrations in purple and yellow, which was really cool!
I love Pooh's poetry and songs. He is one of my most favourite characters ever.
"Hums are Pooh's way of thinking about his friends or honey, or the weather.
The bear of very little brain has a perfect hum for all sorts of occasions.
'It isn't brain, because you know why, but it just comes to me sometimes.'
Says Pooh."
'This song was made up by Pooh in a thoughtful spot where he and Piglet used to meet, but if I say any more about it, the explanation will be longer than the song.'
"this warm and sunny spot
Belongs to Pooh
And here he wonders what
He's going to do
Oh, bother, I forgot
Oh, bother, I forgot
It's Piglet's too."
August 15, 2021
Adorable companion to the book series.
August 20, 2021
This small book of Pooh's little songs is very enjoyable, I found my self singing (badly) them out loud.
November 16, 2019
A short anthology of the songs Pooh absent-mindedly sings in the other books (and a final one "written" by Eeyore). An earlier version included music (making more sense of the slightly pompous introduction) but this paperback edition omits the music, which wasn't an issue for me as a musical illiterate. Shepard's illustrations are included however. Pleasantly diverting.
January 22, 2025
3.5 stars. This book details Pooh Bear's songs. My favorite song in the collection is "Cottleston Pie," which Pooh Bear hums when he doesn't understand something. Overall, this book is decently cute. I felt that this book should have audio of the songs so readers can enjoy the songs in Pooh's voice, but I digress.
December 28, 2025
I loved reading this books for the rhymes it reminded me of my childhood when I read Winnie -the -Pooh and House at Pooh corner. If you are a fan of the hundred acre woods and you love poetry or things that rhymes than you must read it.
February 20, 2023
Brought so many memories of my childhood, I will forever love pooh bear.
August 2, 2025
A tiny book, enabling a little step back into a bygone era - a reproduction of the 1929 version of the little poems and ditties found in A. A. Milne's work, with the original illustrations by E. H. Shepard.
August 26, 2012
Classic A.A. Milne
December 31, 2018
A delightfully written book of hums with original illustrations. Incredibly simple and all at once profound.
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