What do you think?
Rate this book
Winnie-The-Pooh: The Winnie-The-Pooh Winter Collection of Stories and Poems
The exquisitely beautiful Winter Collection includes favourite Winnie-the-Pooh stories and seasonal poems by A.A. Milne with decorations by E.H. Shepard. With four original stories 'In which Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water' and 'In which Pooh and Piglet go Hunting and nearly catch a Woozle', and the beloved festive poem 'King's John Christmas' this treasury is full of festive gems. With previously unpublished illustrations by E. H. Shepard, too, this is the perfect Christmas gift. A nostalgic offering that can be enjoyed by parents and children alike. Perfect bedtime reading for children aged 6 and up. Also Pooh's Christmas Letters and Christmas Stories. The nation's favourite teddy bear has been delighting generations of children for 90 years. Milne's classic children's stories - featuring Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Christopher Robin and, of course, Pooh himself - are both heart-warming and funny, teaching lessons of friendship and reflecting the power of a child's imagination like no other story before or since. Pooh ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage. Whether you're 5 or 55, Pooh is the bear for all ages. A.A. Milne is quite simply one of the most famous children's authors of all time. He created Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga and Roo based on the real nursery toys played with by his son, Christopher Robin. And those characters not only became the stars of his classic children's books, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, and his poetry for children, they have also been adapted for film, TV and the stage. Through his writings for Punch magazine, A.A. Milne met E.H
120 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1874
1 person is currently reading
17 people want to read
About the author
A.A. Milne
1,838 books3,678 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.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
December 14, 2021
I wanted to savour this book so I took as long as I could reading it. It brought me right back to my childhood, I love these stories with all my heart!
March 11, 2022
This was my third Polarthon book which I chose for the foiled cover prompt.
Recently I watched all the Disney movies and fell in love with the hundred-acre wood and all its inhabitants. But the book and the stunning illustrations gave the stories another kind of depth. I especially love the poem "Wind on the Hill".
Recently I watched all the Disney movies and fell in love with the hundred-acre wood and all its inhabitants. But the book and the stunning illustrations gave the stories another kind of depth. I especially love the poem "Wind on the Hill".
February 14, 2022
Tuurlijk, het is winnie de poeh dus hoe dan ook een hoge beoordeling MAAR, de poems tussen de 4 hoofdverhalen hadden weinig te maken met winnie de poeh en hadden voor mij geen toegevoegde waarde. De hoofdverhalen waren top.
August 29, 2021
Absolutely delightful. ‘Sneezles’ is a clear favourite of mine and the best poem in the whole world! Winter or summer, this is a soul-book for any age. A tonic.
January 1, 2016
A.A. Milne astonishes me again and again with his sense of what childhood is all about. It seems like there are some adults who do not forget how it felt and was.
This book made the final decision in the issue of my kids having to be raised bilingual. I need to be able to read stories like that to them in the original. So beautiful and happy.
This book made the final decision in the issue of my kids having to be raised bilingual. I need to be able to read stories like that to them in the original. So beautiful and happy.
August 13, 2023
Charlie gave me this book for Christmas 2019. He inscribed it:
Dear Marilyn,
I hope this book brings back memories when life was simple and the outdoors was an adventure!
Merry Christmas!
Love,
Charles
Dear Marilyn,
I hope this book brings back memories when life was simple and the outdoors was an adventure!
Merry Christmas!
Love,
Charles
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews