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The Winnie the Pooh collection of stories by A.A. Milne was published in 1926. Milne wrote the stories for his son Christopher whose toy animals were the footing for the characters. Christopher also became the main character that looked after the animals. Winnie the Pooh, sometimes referred as simply Pooh or Edward Bear is delightful, friendly, lovable who very much enjoys lots and lots of honey.
About the author: A. A. Milne began a successful career as a novelist, poet and playwright in the 1920s. The best known works to date is him establishing the ever so famous Winnie the Pooh books. In the 1920s, he began his works in children’s poems and stories, two of which were When We Were Very Young and Gallery of Children which laid the foundations of Winnie the Pooh books. In Milne’s earlier life, he began his career producing a number of plays that made him successful in playwright including The Dover Road and Mr. Pim Passes By, both of which received positive feedback from critics. It wasn’t until he became a father that he began finding a new direction in children's books. Pooh made its first experience in the poem Teddy Bear and was published in 1924 in a magazine. After this, the story book called Winnie the Pooh was then released in 1926 which afterwards followed more books focussed on the adventures of Pooh and its friends. Milne wanted to pursue his writing career in other areas too and began writing stories and other novels which remained popular across Britain. His autobiography It’s Too Late Now was published in 1939.
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