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The Pooh Story Book
In Which A House is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore
In Which Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water
In Which Pooh Invents a New Game and Eeyore Joins In
In Which Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water
In Which Pooh Invents a New Game and Eeyore Joins In
77 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1965
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A.A. Milne
1,845 books3,688 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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March 8, 2017
A childhood story re-read for my 2017 challenge.
Love that bear!
Love that bear!
June 11, 2018
Also found this book in the libary in England where I was a au-pair in Both and Bradford upon Avon. 🦋🌺🌹
September 17, 2023
Such a joy! Not sure who enjoyed it more: my husband and I or our little one lol.
August 4, 2024
Fern and I’s favorite story was when Pooh built a house for Eeyore :)
July 23, 2018
July 2018: read aloud to oldest three for Y0. Goodness, I love Milne. ❤
May 6, 2023
Children’s favorite. You can’t go wrong with this author.
February 12, 2022
Went to an estate sale today and returned with books of course. Found this lovely 1965 classic. You can’t help but love Eeyore. ♥️
“Pooh begin to feel a little more comfortable, because when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out in the open and has other people looking at it.”
“Pooh begin to feel a little more comfortable, because when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out in the open and has other people looking at it.”
April 10, 2022
Only a few short stories featured in this read, but it’s so sweet and enjoyable! It’s three classic Pooh and friends stories. Classic, brilliant Milne!
October 27, 2014
This is a fun book to relax and read aloud, tiddely pom. With your children, tiddely pom. The first story is the best, tiddely pom and the second one is also good, tiddely pom. The last story is ok, tiddely pom, and the inclusion of the game of poohsticks makes it worthwhile, tiddely pom.
November 20, 2017
The original Winnie the Pooh stories by Milne (not the terrible retellings by Disney) are so fun to read. Honestly, I think they'll be better when Gabe is about 8 cuz some of the funniest stuff goes over his head right now. The stories are so charming and the illustrations are adorable. This short storybook was a great introduction to the full novels. We'll be reading Milne's poetry books in first grade and we'll come back to the Winnie the Pooh novels in third grade, I think.
March 20, 2021
Omg! I super like it. I'm glad I've read it. I bought it maybe 2 years ago in a book sale for 20php only. The illustrations are very nice, I love them. Also, I'm surprised at how sarcastic and gloomy Eeyore is. I think I'll watch its cartoons. Love them a lot. ❤❤❤
June 4, 2023
The last page says it all.
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.
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.
May 21, 2017
I loved it just as much now as when I first read it.
April 24, 2018
While I love Pooh books, they are a little too hard for a toddler to follow and are difficult to read aloud.
October 15, 2018
10/10
This is one of the funniest books I've ever read and it's incredibly heart warming. I need more pooh books
This is one of the funniest books I've ever read and it's incredibly heart warming. I need more pooh books
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September 6, 2022
Winnie the Pooh isn't smart but he means well.
May 15, 2023
Always loved the pooh stick story. Used to play this with my daughter when she was young at a nearby bridge. Fun times.
September 29, 2023
Between all those serious adult books, it is just so delightful to return to Pooh Corner with all the animals, Christopher Robbin, and of course brave and gentle Pooh.
February 1, 2024
In Which my son Wallace falls deeply in love with Christopher Robin, the hundred acre woods, and the magic of his animal friends and their grand adventures. The magic of nostalgia runs deep.
April 15, 2025
Stories a little long for our three year old but he loves Pooh.
March 19, 2017
A good transition from the Disney Pooh books to the chapter books
July 9, 2008
i love pooh! but tigger is my favorite! and i love all the characters :)..
i remember reading this book in like 4th grade! :D
i remember reading this book in like 4th grade! :D
December 2, 2008
A beautiful and new humor discovered!
October 30, 2012
What about that bear?
February 1, 2015
Pooh will always have a place on my shelf.
June 30, 2015
Classic Pooh tales. Reread to reminisce classic moments or read to little ones for future reminiscing.
May 2, 2016
What a fun bunch of characters. I'm enjoying the challenge of finding all the Pooh books. This book feels a lot like it would have been perhaps the first one, regardless, very good.
May 24, 2019
Read to baby
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