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Christopher Robin Story Book
The Christopher Robin Story Book (from When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner)
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First published January 1, 1929
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A.A. Milne
1,847 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 8, 2022
I found this reprint ("copyright renewal") from 1957 at my local Goodwill, with the marking "Eilhert 1960" on the inner page. This cover edition is sadly not an available option to choose on Goodreads, but it's very cute. The same simple drawing on the front and back, with a naked purple cover feauturing an adorable image of Christopher Robin, Pooh, and Piglet. The same cover of the 1929 edition, but in a lavender purple with blue debossing.
Milne's writing is sometimes interesting in a way in which I can't follow it. Sometimes, taking me out of the story he is telling me a little bit. I found that applied most to the earliest Pooh stories though. And then as C.R. got older, the writing developed to what we know it as now, and slowly new characters were introduced to the Hundred Acre Wood. All the animals who made us love it so much.
Reading the stories, they really are so sweet, and heartful, and nostalgic for the lightness of childhood. They're a bit silly and roundabout and it's just as you would make up a story for a child. The Winnie the Pooh stories are broken up by short poems from other books, and I really enjoyed that. Not all about Pooh, many are about Christopher Robin, and others about random kings, queens, and otherwise. I also genuinely enjoyed the silly and rather good poems Pooh would come up with.
Christopher Robin as a whole is a name that brings such warm nostalgia to many people, and reading the capturing of him on page is very sweet. Although a character on the border, Pooh and the other inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood always talk about and love him. It's a beautiful capturing of childhood. It's no surprise the stories of Pooh, a most lovable bear, have lived in the hearts of people for so long, and endlessly continue to spread joy.
Milne's writing is sometimes interesting in a way in which I can't follow it. Sometimes, taking me out of the story he is telling me a little bit. I found that applied most to the earliest Pooh stories though. And then as C.R. got older, the writing developed to what we know it as now, and slowly new characters were introduced to the Hundred Acre Wood. All the animals who made us love it so much.
Reading the stories, they really are so sweet, and heartful, and nostalgic for the lightness of childhood. They're a bit silly and roundabout and it's just as you would make up a story for a child. The Winnie the Pooh stories are broken up by short poems from other books, and I really enjoyed that. Not all about Pooh, many are about Christopher Robin, and others about random kings, queens, and otherwise. I also genuinely enjoyed the silly and rather good poems Pooh would come up with.
Christopher Robin as a whole is a name that brings such warm nostalgia to many people, and reading the capturing of him on page is very sweet. Although a character on the border, Pooh and the other inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood always talk about and love him. It's a beautiful capturing of childhood. It's no surprise the stories of Pooh, a most lovable bear, have lived in the hearts of people for so long, and endlessly continue to spread joy.
August 23, 2018
Charming. Sweet. Essential Pooh. Ideal reading for a summer's day. Which I did, all in one seamless sitting yesterday. Lovely.
Little bits of verse and poetry. Heart melting illustrations. Small everyday tales about Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and all the 100 Acre Wood residents.
Impossible to not love Winnie the Pooh's storytelling, like this passage, 'Yes', said Pooh. 'I'd made up a little basket, just a little, fair-sized basket, an ordinary biggish sort of basket, full of----' We all know what Pooh likes best and what would be in this basket, no?!
Timeless stories to be read aloud no matter what age one is.
Little bits of verse and poetry. Heart melting illustrations. Small everyday tales about Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and all the 100 Acre Wood residents.
Impossible to not love Winnie the Pooh's storytelling, like this passage, 'Yes', said Pooh. 'I'd made up a little basket, just a little, fair-sized basket, an ordinary biggish sort of basket, full of----' We all know what Pooh likes best and what would be in this basket, no?!
Timeless stories to be read aloud no matter what age one is.
August 10, 2012
A cute collection of Milne's stories of the Hundred Acre Wood interspersed with poetry. All extremely lovely to read aloud! One of the things I like best about these stories and poems is that they contain thoughts that may seem obvious to a young child, but that many adults have forgotten and need to Think Seriously About.
August 22, 2018
This is absolutely the sweetest story of a little boy and his stuffed toys, and poetry between each adventure. It's perfect for reading outloud, if one is so inclined.
Also noted, since I read the Lord of the Rings trilogy earlier this year, the way Milne writes reminds me of Hobbits. Pooh doesn't talk like a Hobbit, but the narration is similar.
Also noted, since I read the Lord of the Rings trilogy earlier this year, the way Milne writes reminds me of Hobbits. Pooh doesn't talk like a Hobbit, but the narration is similar.
May 21, 2018
Was read this as a child.
August 9, 2022
Charming short stories and poems for elementary aged children.
February 11, 2012
I absolutely LOVE Christopher Robin, and was delighted to discover an old (1929 - E.P Dutton & Co.--originally owned by a Mary Ellen Hoffman in 1932) copy of The Christopher Robin Storybook. This delightful compilation of A.A. Milne's selected poems and Christopher Robin stories has the original pen and ink illustrations by E. H. Shepard. The author's note to his readers is, in itself, charming! In discussing his poetry, he writes that "even more important than the rhymes is what is called the 'rhythm". It is a difficult-looking word, but what it means is just 'the time that the verse keeps.' Every piece of poetry has a music of its own which it is humming to itself as it goes along, and every line, every word, in it has to keep time to this music.." Not only does his poetry "hum along"; some of his poetry -- and prose -- is written to look the way it sounds (when Pooh climbs a tree, the words are spread vertically, one word per line.) I didn't realize that Milne was writing "shape poems" a good 40 years before they became stylistic! Rediscover Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin again -- you will be amazed at how much you missed the first time around as a child!
September 22, 2011
If at all possible, this is a MUST OWN book to read aloud to a young family.
We're in the second of six weeks of story times based on Milne's classic stories featuring Christopher Robin & his Hundred-Acre Friends.
Today I read aloud pages 12-19. I’ve never read aloud from a chapter book in story time before so this was an experiment. We had the advantage of two readers. One took the voice of Winnie-the-Pooh and the other was the narrator and the voice of Christopher Robin. We acted out with hands and arms Pooh’s think-think-thinking and climbing a tree and falling down the branches and picking stickers from ourselves. This was a perfect time to mention to parents some benefits of reading aloud:
"Reading to children increases their knowledge of the world, their vocabulary, their familiarity with written language ('book language'), and their interest in reading."
http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/200...
Time did not permit reading the entire chapter so we asked the children what happened next and they summarized it and then we moved on to…
We're in the second of six weeks of story times based on Milne's classic stories featuring Christopher Robin & his Hundred-Acre Friends.
Today I read aloud pages 12-19. I’ve never read aloud from a chapter book in story time before so this was an experiment. We had the advantage of two readers. One took the voice of Winnie-the-Pooh and the other was the narrator and the voice of Christopher Robin. We acted out with hands and arms Pooh’s think-think-thinking and climbing a tree and falling down the branches and picking stickers from ourselves. This was a perfect time to mention to parents some benefits of reading aloud:
"Reading to children increases their knowledge of the world, their vocabulary, their familiarity with written language ('book language'), and their interest in reading."
http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/200...
Time did not permit reading the entire chapter so we asked the children what happened next and they summarized it and then we moved on to…
November 15, 2016
I loved these classic stories and poems by AA Milne. I grew up watching the cartoons but this was my first introduction to the stories as written by Milne. I actually enjoyed the simplicity of the characters who are much like fairies in that they only have room for one emotion at a time. These characters get into the silliest of scrapes because of their flaws but work together to get out of them. The poems were also enjoyable and the illustrations were beautifully done. I would definitely recommend this collection to anyone who enjoyed the cartoon growing up.
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November 19, 2010My favorite verse was "Waiting at the Window" (because I totally do the same thing- watching raindrops "race" each other down the window). What a fun little book for AA Milne's son, Christopher Robin, even if he didn't appreciate it, lol.
January 10, 2015
The A.A. Milne books give me an escape from the realities of life. In the Hundred Acre Wood everything is under control. This one is a 1930 printing of a the 1929 edition which was illustrated by Milne himself. Why, oh, why, doesn't GoodReads have old books?
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December 14, 2009The Christopher Robin story book by A. A. Milne (1957)
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March 4, 2012Required reading for new Grandparents - plus it was a great read. Many a good life lesson buried in those characters
March 17, 2013
Erika's longest book read to date! On to Wind of the Willows teaching her to read has been a lot of fun this winter.
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