Here and there AA Milne's book gifts to Christopher Robin

From: The Scotsman | Date: December 2, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

ON 6 November, 1924, a book entitled When We Were Very Young, which its author, AA Milne, had written for his son, was first published. It introduced to the world probably the most enduring and lovable literary figure, Winnie-the-Pooh.

When the book was published by Methuen & Co, Milne was already a well established and respected writer. He wrote When We Were Very Young, a book of children's verse, primarily for the benefit of his son, Christopher Robin, and included him in a number of the stories. He had no pretensions of grandeur when writing the book, nor did he realise that he had ...

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