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Now We Are Six: The original, timeless and definitive version of the poetry collection created by A.A.Milne and E.H.Shepard. An ideal gift for children and adults. (Winnie-the-Pooh – Classic Editions)

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Milne's greatest and enduring successes, however, were his books Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). These two volumes told the adventures of a young boy named Christopher Robin, after Milne's own son (Christopher Robin Milne), and his animal playmates, who were inspired by the real Christopher Robin's stuffed toys. A bear named Winnie-the-Pooh was the central character, accompanied by fussy Rabbit, gloomy donkey Eeyore, bouncy tiger Tigger, kind kangaroo Kanga and her baby Roo, wise Owl and shy Piglet. Milne married Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt in 1913. The couple had a son, Christopher Robin, born in 1920. Movie Best Known For: English writer A.A. Milne is best known for his children's stories about the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh. Milne was educated at Westminster School in London and at the University of Cambridge's Trinity College. While at Cambridge, he studied mathematics and also edited and wrote for the student magazine Granta. Realizing that writing was his true vocation, he moved to London after his graduation in 1903. He began writing for the literary magazine Punch in 1906, and his essays and humorous poetry were published in the magazine through 1914. Wartime Service and Literary Success Milne suffered from illness in the early 1950s and died at his home in Hartfield, East Sussex, England, on January 31, 1956. Winnie-the-Pooh and the other characters of the Pooh stories have lived on as iconic figures in children's literature.

Milne was born Alan Alexander Milne on January 18, 1882, in London, England. He and his two older brothers were raised in London by their parents, Sarah Marie (née Heginbotham) and John Vine Milne, the headmaster of a private school named Henley House. The Winnie-the-Pooh character Christopher Robin was inspired by A.A. Milne's own son, Christopher Robin Milne. A.A. Milne was inspired by his young son's stuffed toys to create the characters Winnie-the-Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger, among others. In 2017, a biographical film about Milne's life was released entitled Goodbye Christopher Robin, starring Domhnall Gleeson (as Milne) and Margot Robbie (as Milne's wife). Later Years

In the 1930s and '40s, Milne returned to writing for adults, publishing novels, short-story collections and a non-fiction, anti-war book entitled Peace with Honour. He wrote his autobiography, It's Too Late Now, in 1939. The real stuffed toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne and featured in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories are on permanent display at the New York Public Library. After attending the University of Cambridge's Trinity College and writing for the literary magazines Granta and Punch, A.A. Milne began a successful career as a novelist, poet and playwright in the 1920s. His best-known works are his two collections of children's poetry, When We Were Young and Now We Are Six, and his two books of stories about the lovable bear Winnie-the-Pooh and his animal friends. Early Life and Education During his military service, Milne had written his first play, a one-act farce titled Wurzel-Flummery. After the war, he achieved success as a playwright. His comedies of the early 1920s, including Mr. Pim Passes By (1921) and The Dover Road (1921), were enthusiastically received by critics and audiences. He also penned a detective novel titled The Red House Mystery, published in 1922. In 1929 he wrote a stage adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book The Wind in the Willows, titled Toad of Toad Hall. Poems and 'Winnie-the-Pooh'

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