Dean - Winnie the Pooh B Slipcase

by A.A. Milne

'When Edward Bear said that he would like an exciting name all to himself, Christopher Robin said at once, without stopping to think, that he was Winnie-the-Pooh. And he was.' This slipcased set contains the four children's classics by AA Milne, all with their original line drawings by EH Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. Slipcased. Age 6+

Genres: Childrens, Classics

643 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Alan 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.

Reviews

[Andrea]

Not a Review (simply for my own reference)
Collection contains 4 separate collections:
Winnie-the-Pooh: October 14, 1926
1. In which we are introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh and some Bees, and the stories begin
2. 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
9. In which Piglet is entirely surrounded by water
10. In which Christopher Robin gives a Pooh Party, and we say good-bye

The House at Pooh Corner: 1928
1. In which a house is built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore
2. In which Tigger comes to the Forest and has breakfast
3. In which a search is organized, and Piglet nearly meets the Heffalump again
4. In which it is shown that Tiggers don't climb trees
5. In which Rabbit has a busy day, and we learn what Christopher Robin does in the mornings
6. In which Pooh invents a new game and Eeyore joins in
7. In which Tigger is unbounced
8. In which Piglet does a very grand thing
9. In which Eeyore finds the Owlery and Owl moves into it
10. In which Christopher Robin and Pooh come to an enchanted place, and we leave them there

When We Were Very Young: 1924
Corner of the Street
Buckingham Palace
Happiness
The Christening
Puppy and I
Twinkle Toes
The Four Friends
Lines and Squares
Brownie
Independence
Nursery Chairs
Market Square
Daffodowndilly
Water Lilies
Disobedience (James James Morrison Morrison...)
Spring Morning
The Island
The Three Foxes
Politeness
Jonathan Jo
At the Zoo
Rice Pudding
The Wrong House
Missing
The King's Breakfast
Hoppity
At Home
Summer Afternoon
The Dormouse and the Doctor
Shoes and Stockings
Sand Between the Toes
Knights and Ladies
Little Bo Peep and Little Boy Blue
The Mirror
Halfway Down
The Invaders
Before Tea
Teddy Bear
Bad Sir Brian Botany
In the Fashion
The Alchemist
Growing Up
If I Were King
Vespers

Now We Are Six: 1927
Solitude
King John's Christmas
Busy
Sneezles
Binker
Cherry Stones
The Knight Whose Armour Didn't Squeak
Buttercup Days
The Charcoal-Burner
Us Two
The Old Sailor
The Engineer
Journey's End
Furry Bear
Forgiven
The Emperor's Rhyme
Knight-in-Armour
Come Out with Me
Down by the Pond
The Little Black Hen
The Friend
The Good Little Girl
A Thought
King Hilary and The Beggarman
Swing Song
Explained
Twice Times
The Morning Walk
Cradle Song
Waiting at The Window
Pinkle Purr
Wind on the Hill
Forgotten
In the Dark
The End

[jess (bibliophilicjester)]

This is a really beautiful boxed set!! I didn't even know there were books of verses/poems - they're definitely cute but don't have the same sort of nostalgia as the two short story collections. If you watched all the pooh tv shows and movies like I did, the stories will feel like home to you too! I'm listing this as the boxed set instead of individually, but I think I'd be more likely to reread the first two more often.

It's funny how when I was little, I loved piglet (did I have anxiety even then? Was I identifying with him without realizing it?! Lol). As an adult, I really understand and appreciate eeyore. Especially when tigger shows up in the forest and eeyore's like oh...and when's he leaving again? 😂😂

I think it was in December? I listened to a sort of bbc dramatization of the short stories (winnie the pooh and the house at pooh corner), which I think each have ten stories? It was at my library and featured dame judi dench and stephen frye and tons of other talented people. It's such a delight, and I highly recommend it if you have access to it!! But if you don't, reading with your eyes is just as lovely 😊

Obviously, because nostalgia, it doesn't feel right giving this a rating. Because I'd want to go 5 stars but idk if that's an actual rating.

Also interesting to note, for older books, there aren't too many problematic things, which is a nice change. Christopher Robin carries around his gun, but in the illustrations it looks like a cork on a string, not a real gun. Sometimes he play fights "savages" when he goes exploring... But I don't think kids realize they're acting out being the invading colonizers. So while it's an issue, it's more of a passing comment and he moves on from it quickly. It might bother others more, so I figured I'd mention it!