The Author of Pooh
Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956), professional English writer .Wife- Dorothy.
Son- Christopher Robin Milne.
They lived on Mallord Street in Chelsea, and at Cotchford Farm, near Hartfield.
Milne wrote twelve books of essays for such periodicals as Vanity Fair,The Daliy News, The Outlook, The Sunday Express, The Sphere, and Punch,
He also wrote 20 plays, 5 novels and autobiographical material.
Only the novel Mr. Pim Passes By and the play Toad of Toad Hall (a dramatization of Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows ) received much acclaim, and this was nothing compared to the love for the Christopher Robin Books.
His wife Dorothy (Daphne) is often considered to be the one who originally provided personalities for many of the characters, while playing with Christopher and his toys.
Daphne submitted A.A. Milne's first (published)
Christopher Robin work, the poem "Vespers," to a magazine for
publication without A.A.'s knowledge.
While attending the Academy, Shepard met Florence Chaplin. They married in 1904 and had two children Graham born
in 1907, and Mary, born in 1909. One of Graham's toys, a teddy bear named Growler, became the model for the bear we all love in the Christoher Robin books.
He was a solider during WW I and by the end had been promoted to Acting Major. Florence died in 1927, and Shepard remained unmarried until 1943, when he married Norah Carroll.
When A. A. Milne was looking for someone to illustrate some children's verse he would be
putting in Punch, Shepard was recomended. Milne was a bit reluctant to use Shepard but in the end Milne was persuaded to let Shepard illustrate the poems that would eventually be included in When We Were Very Young.
When Milne was planning out Winnie-the-Pooh, he insisted that Shepard illustrate the book.
Shepard also illustrationed many other books, including Richard Jefferie's Bevis, and Kenneth Grahame's
The Wind in the Willows, Shepard made the first illustraions Grahame was happy with for his book.
Later on Shepard would provid the color plates for the Christopher Robin books, and in 1965 he would write his own book
Ben and Brock and Betsy and Joe in 1966 . Although, these books did not recive acclaim or even much popularity Shepard enjoyed writing them.
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Deep in the hundred acre wood where Christopher Robin plays
You'll find the enchanted neighborhood of Christopher's childhood days
A donkey named Eeyore is his friend and Kanga and little Roo
There's Rabbit and Piglet and there's Owl, but most of all Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Tigger's Song
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Tiggers are wonderful fellahs.
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Was there really a Christopher Robin?
Why is Pooh sometimes called Mr. Sanders?
Where do you find all the pictures you use on your site?
Who is my favorite charater?
Where can I buy Winnie the Pooh stuff?The Illustrator
Ernest Shepard (1879-1976)
Ernest decided as a child to become an artist and his father encouraged this by enrolling him into a special art school and then in 1897 Ernest became one of the youngest students to be accepted into the Royal Academy School where he would earn two scholorships.
The Lyrics
Winnie the Pooh
From Winnie The Pooh and the Honey Tree
Written by: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Winnie the Pooh
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff
He's Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Willy nilly silly old bear
Winnie the Pooh
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff
He's Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Willy nilly silly old bear
From Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Written by: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Performed by: Paul Winchell "Tigger"
Is Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I'm the only one
Is Tiggers are wonderful chaps
They're loaded with vim and with vigor
They love to leap in your laps
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I'm the only one.
Tiggers are awfully sweet.
Everyone elses is jealous,
And thats why I repeat...
Are Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I'm the only one.
Yes, I'm the only one
(GRRrrrrrr...) ooOOoooOOooooOOOO!!!
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Questions & Answers
These are some of the questions people have e-mailed me about.
Yes, there was he was A.A. Milne's son and as a young boy he enjoyed being the boy in these books but when he started school he found it a little tough to be associated as the little boy in the books.
In the book Winnie the Pooh where we are introduced to Pooh we are given the following explanation why he is sometimes called Mr. Sander.
Winnie the Pooh Chapter 1
Winnie the Pooh and Some Bees
Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders.
What does "under the name" mean? asked Christopher Robin.
'It means he had the name over the door in gold letters and lived under it.'
The best place for Winnie the Pooh pictures I found is Here there are close to a 100 pictures to chose from.
Winnie the Pooh! I love all the other characters to but pooh bear is my all time favorite.
The best place would be a Disney Store. However, if you are like me and do not have one near buy you can buy pooh items at the Online Disney Store. Also, department stores such as Sears, JC Penny's, and Target also have various Pooh Bear Items.
If you have a question you would like me to answer then feel free to write me at my winnie mail!!!!!
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