All About A. A. MilneThe author of the

The Winnie the Pooh Books

How we got Winnie the PoohThe author, Alan Alexander Milne, originally wrote the books about his son, Christopher Robin, it was not until 1925 that Winnie the Pooh came into the stories. Pooh went into the Christmas Eve issue of the Evening News. It was a bedtime story he had made up about his son and his adventures he had with his teddy bear, known as Winnie the Pooh. He started the series of the books about Winnie the Pooh, his son, Christopher, and all of their friends in the Hundred Acre Woods, Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga, and Roo. All the the characters in the books were based on Christopher’s stuffed animals he had at home.

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Milne wrote The Winnie the Pooh books on what he knew. All of the characters were his son’s stuffed animals and animals from woods in near their home. The woods around their home was known as the 100-acre woods. Milne wrote mostly plays and novels, the Pooh stories remain his best known work. He wrote many plays, Mr. Pim Passes by, The Lucky One, The Dover Road, and The Romantic Age. He was not into writing children’s books, that was something that he just fell into and still is known as his best work.

A. A. Milne’s written works

Written works Novels

› Lovers in London (1905)› Once on a Time (1917)› Mr. Pim (1921)› The Read House

Mystery(1922)› Two People (1931)› Four Days’ Wonder (1933)› Chloe Marr (1946)

Non-Fiction› Peace With Honour (1934)› It’s Too Late Now:

Autobiography of a writer (1939)

› War With Honour (1940)› Year In, Year Out (1952)

Articles, Newspapers, & book introductions› The Day’s Play (1910)› The Chronicles of Clovis

(1911)› The Holiday Round (1912)› Once A Week (1914)› Not that it Matters (1920)› The Sunny Side (1921)› Those Were the Days (1929)› By Way of the Introduction

(1929) Story Collections

› The Birthday Party (1948)› A Table Near the Band

(1950)

Written Works Continued Plays

› Wurzel-Flummery (1917)› Belinda (1918)› The Boy Comes Home (1918)› Make-Believe (1919)› The Camberley Triangle (1919)› Mr. Pim Passes By (1919)› The Red Feathers (1920)› The Romantic Age (1920)› The Stepmother (1920)› The Truth about Blayds (1920)› The Dover Road (1921)› The Great Brozopp (1921)› The Lucky One (1922)› The Artist: A Duologue (1923)› Give Me Yesterday (1923)› Ariadne (1924)› The Man in the Bowler Hat: A Terribly Exciting

Affair (1924)› To Have Honour (1924)› Portrait of a Gentleman in Slippers (1926)› Success (1926)› Miss Marlow at Play (1927)› The Fourth Wall or The Perfect Alibi (1928)› The Ivory Door (1929)› Toad of Toad Hall (1929)

Plays (continued)› Michael and Mary (1930)› Other People’s Lives (1933)› Miss Elizabeth Bennet (1936)› Sarah Simple (1937)› Gentleman Unknown (1938)› The General Takes Off His Helmet (1939)› The Ugly Duckling (1941)› Before The Flood (1951)

Stories for Children› Gallery of the Children (1925)› Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)› The House at Pooh Corner (1928)› Short Stories

Poetry for Children› When We Were Very Young (1924)› Now We Are Six (1927)

Poetry› For the Luncheon Interval› Behind the Lines (1940)› The Norman Church (1948)

Screenplays (turned Films)› The Bump› Twice Two› Five Pound Reward› Book Worms

Quotations “If you live to be a hundred, I

want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.” ― A.A. Milne

“How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet"You don't spell it...you feel it." - Pooh” ― A.A. Milne

“What day is it?"It's today," squeaked Piglet.My favorite day," said Pooh.” ― A.A. Milne

“Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have.” ― A.A. Milne

Other Information

Alan Alexander Milne was born on January 18, 1882 and passed away January 31, 1956. He was born in Kilburn, London and his father was Vince Milne and his mother was Sarah Marie Milne. One of his teachers was H.G. Wells. He went to many different schools where he studied mathematics and he also wrote for the student magazine. He also joined the army in World War I and was discharged on February 14, 1919 due to an illness. He married Dorthy de Sélincourt in 1913 and they had their son Christopher Robin Milne in 1920.

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