The House at Pooh Corner Best Selling Book

The House at Pooh Corner

Illustrated past E. H. Shepard

This charming Page edition of A. A. Milne'due south classic children's book The Firm at Pooh Corner features the unrivalled original illustrations by Due east. H. Shepard, in glorious colour.

This timeless collection of classic stories takes u.s. over again to the Hundred Acre Wood to bring together Winnie-the-Pooh and friends on a new series of unforgettable adventures. In these beloved tales, we follow Pooh and Piglet as they conduct out their 'Thousand Thought' to build Eeyore a business firm, meet the irrepressible Tigger and discover what – apart from bouncing – Tigger's like best, and learn how to play what has since become a favourite childhood game: Poohsticks. Published in series with Winnie-the-Pooh, this exquisite collector's edition, featuring more than 100 original full-color illustrations, celebrates both A. A. Milne'due south treasured stories, and the much-loved artwork of Eastward. H. Shepard, with which they have become synonymous.

Shepard drew inspiration from the distinctive landscape of Ashdown Forest, Milne's own footing for the Hundred Acre Wood, and the place where Milne'due south son, Christopher Robin, spent his summers at the family unit's land home. Published in series with the Page edition of Winnie-the-Pooh, this superb volume includes Shephard's colour endpaper map of the '100 Aker Wood', and numerous blackness-and-white sketches.

Since he first appeared in a verse form published in Dial mag in 1924, the lovable Winnie-the-Pooh has captured the hearts of generations of children and adults alike. Milne began his career equally a successful playwright and a regular correspondent of humorous essays to Punch, only turning to children's stories and poems after the nativity of his son in 1920. Merely it is his training as a playwright, and his talent for creating thoroughly recognisable characters and penning natural, perfectly distilled dialogue that gives Milne's children's tales their timeless quality and breadth of appeal.

Alongside Shepard's illustrations, Milne's stories, with their charming simplicity and playful sense of humor, capture the joy and innocence of babyhood friendship. Milne and Shepard teach us that, although we, and Christopher Robin – along with children everywhere – must grow up, 'the Forest will ever be at that place … and anybody who is Friendly with Bears can observe it'.

Production Details

Bound in full cloth blocked with a blueprint by David Eccles

Prepare in Caslon

244 pages

107 integrated colour illustrations, 62 black & white sketches

Printed map endpapers

Blocked slipcase

9½˝ x half dozen¾˝

About A. A. Milne

A. A. Milne (1882–1956) was born in London and attended Westminster School and Trinity Higher, Cambridge. At university, he editedGranta and in 1904 had his outset piece published in Punch. In 1915 Milne volunteered and was deputed into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a signals officeholder. In 1916, he was invalided home from the Somme and spent the last part of the war in Intelligence. Milne was an extremely successful playwright, whose titles includeMr Pim Passes By (1919),The Dover Road (1921) andToad of Toad Hall (1929). The author of numerous not-fiction and fiction titles, including the 'locked-room' novelThe Red Firm Mystery (1922), his best-known works are his 2 collections of children's poesy,When We Were Very Young (1924) andNow We Are 6 (1927), and most famously his two Pooh books,Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) andThe House at Pooh Corner (1928).

Nearly Eastward. H. Shepard

Ernest Howard Shepard was born in London in 1879. His father was an builder and encouraged his babyhood hobby of drawing. When it came to choosing a career, Shepard decided to pursue his dearest of fine art, and hither too he had the bankroll of his father. In 1897, he became one of the youngest students on the Royal Academy's ringlet. During the First World War Shepard enlisted in the ground forces and, on his return, he began working at Dial mag, fulfilling a long-held appetite to draw for the publication. It was here that he was introduced to A. A. Milne every bit a potential illustrator for his characters. Although Milne was initially hesitant, the sketches were well received and Shepard went on to illustrate all the Pooh books. Shepard illustrated many other books during his career, including a number of Kenneth Grahame titles. He as well wrote 2 children'south books: Ben and Brock (1965) and Betsy and Joe (1966). He died in 1976.

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The House at Pooh Corner Best Selling Book