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Chapter 1: In Which It Is Explained What the Purpose of the FAQ Is

1.1 What is alt.fan.pooh?: alt.fan.pooh is a Usenet newsgroup, devoted to the discussion of Winnie-the-Pooh. It was created in early 1995 (apparently branching off from the alt.tv.muppets and rec.arts.books.children, and carried over to a short-lived unofficial listserv at Georgetown University), and has been slowly growing since then.
1.2 What should/shouldn't I post to alt.fan.pooh?: Generally, if it has anything to do with Pooh, it's good for the group. However, as a courtesy to others, all binary files (such as sound and image files or executables) should probably be posted to a newsgroup such as alt.binaries.pictures.cartoons, alt.binaries.multimedia.disney, or alt.binaries.sounds.movies, which are designed for those types of files. Another option is to put the binary files on web page and post the address to the newsgroup, or post a message informing the group that you could email them the files as attachments.
1.3 What is this FAQ?: This FAQ is a list of frequently asked questions (and answers) that can be found in the alt.fan.pooh newsgroup. It is intended to be a quick reference for these types of questions.
1.4 What sort of abbreviations might I expect to see in the FAQ?: WWWVY - "When We Were Very Young"
WtP - "Winnie-the-Pooh"
NWa6 - "Now We Are Six"
HaPC - "The House at Pooh Corner"
CR - Christopher Robin

Chapter 2: In Which a Brief Description of Winnie-the-Pooh is Given

2.1 Who or what is Winnie-the-Pooh?

Winnie-the-Pooh is quite possibly the world's most famous bear. Pooh was the teddy bear of Christopher Milne, and his father, A.A. Milne, made him the main character in two children's books that he wrote, entitled "Winnie-the-Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner." As a character, Pooh tends to be a bit on the slow side (his head is full of fluff, you know...a common occurence among teddy bears) but his heart more than makes up for that. Pooh has a love of honey (or, hunny, as it is sometimes spelled) and often creates little tunes, or hums, about most anything at all.

2.2 Who wrote the stories?

The author of the Pooh stories is A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne, a famous English author. He is most famous for the two Pooh books, plus two books of children's verse ("When We Were Very Young" and "Now We are Six") but he was, during his lifetime, the most successful playwright in England. He also had spent many years writing humorous essays for "Punch" magazine. A.A. Milne was born July 18, 1882, and died January 31, 1956.

2.3 Who illustrated the stories?

E.H. (Ernest Howard) Shepard is attributed as the illustrator of all four of Milne's children's books. Shepard had also done illustrations for "Punch" magazine, and was recommended to Milne by another member of the "Punch" producers. Shepard is also known for his illustrations of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows." E.H. Shepard was born in 1879 and died in 1976.

However, Shepard was not the first illustrator to draw for the first Pooh story. Although Shepard was asked to do the illustrations for WtP, he occupied with another project when the first chapter of that book was published nearly a year early as part of the Christmas edition of the London Evening News. For that special edition, J.H. Dowd was called in to do the illustrations.

2.4 Who published the books?

The books were published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd. in London, England, and E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. in New York, U.S.A.

2.5 Who are the characters?

The original characters from WtP are:

Winnie-the-Pooh: A Bear of Little Brain
Christopher Robin: The only human in the stories
Piglet: A Small Animal, but brave in his own way
Eeyore: A depressed, yet insightful donkey
Kanga: A kangaroo, the mother to Roo
Roo: Kanga's son, always energetic
Owl: The most intelligent (at least, he thinks so...)
Rabbit: Always trying to organize things

Introduced in HaPC:

Tigger: The only one of his kind, he likes to bounce

Introduced by Disney:

Gopher: Likes to dig and build things, he tends to whistle a lot

2.6 What are the chapter titles?

"Winnie-the-Pooh" Introduction
Ch 1: In which we are introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh and some bees, and the stories begin.
Ch 2: In which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place
Ch 3: In which Pooh and Piglet go hunting and nearly catch a Woozle
Ch 4: In which Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one
Ch 5: In which Piglet meets a Heffalump
Ch 6: In which Eeyore has a birthday and gets two presents
Ch 7: In which Kanga and Baby Roo come to the forest, and Piglet has a bath
Ch 8: In which Christopher Robin leads an expotition to the North Pole
Ch 9: In which Piglet is entirely surrounded by water
Ch 10: In which Christopher Robin gives a Pooh Party, and we say good-bye.
"The House at Pooh Corner"

Contradiction
Ch 1: In which a house is built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore
Ch 2: In which Tigger comes to the Forest and has breakfast
Ch 3: In which a search is organized, and Piglet nearly meets the Heffalump again
Ch 4: In which it is shown that Tiggers don't climb trees
Ch 5: In which Rabbit has a busy day, and we learn what Christopher Robin does in the mornings.
Ch 6: In which Pooh invents a new game and Eeyore joins in
Ch 7: In which Tigger is unbounced
Ch 8: In which Piglet does a very grand thing
Ch 9: In which Eeyore finds the Wolery and Owl moves into it
Ch 10: In which Christopher Robin and Pooh come to an enchanted place, and we leave them there.

2.7 What's the copyright status on the stories?

All the original Pooh stories by A.A. Milne are still under copyright protection. Here's the explanation from Christopher Franceschelli, president of Dutton Children's Books.

'Under the copyright laws of the United States, for all works published prior to 1978, copyright protection extends for seventy-five years after the date of first publication. _Winnie-the-Pooh_ was published in 1926, and is therefore protected by copyright until after the turn of the century. There are several elements, e.g. the colored illustrations of the Ernest Shepard drawings, in which copyright protection is extended to well beyond the middle of the next century. In the United Kingdom and in other countries subscribing to the Berne Convention, copyright extends for an even longer period than in the United States.
Copyright in the text by A.A. Milne and in the illustrations by Ernest Shepard resides jointly or individually in the Trustees of the Pooh Properties, Dutton Children's Books (a division of Penguin USA) and Methuen Children's Books (a division of Reed Consumer Books) and all three rights holders are committed to protecting the copyright fully. (The proliferation of various items of Pooh merchandise is not due to the books being out-of-copyright, but rather our recognition that there are indeed many Friends of the Bear who welcome the availability of more Pooh materials, and we have therefore, together with the fourth _Pooh_ rights holder, the Walt Disney Company, created or have licensed several ranges authorized merchandise in both book and non-book form.)
Therefore, the reproduction of any of A.A. Milne's text beyond that of fair use (as it is defined under the copyright law) or of the line or color illustrations by Ernest Shepard on the home page or any ancillary pages as they appear there currently or in future without prior and proper permission by the rights holders is a breach of both U.S. and international copyright law.'

Chapter 3: In Which More Background Information is Presented

3.1 Was Christopher Robin real?

The character of Christopher Robin is based on a real person. Christopher Robin Milne was the son of A.A. Milne. He was born on August 21, 1920, and died April 20, 1996.

3.2 Was Pooh real?

Yes. Most of the characters in the stories are based off of stuffed toys that Christopher Milne had in his nursery. Pooh was a gift for Christopher's first birthday, Eeyore was a Christmas present, and Piglet was a gift from a neighbor. A.A. and Daphne Milne purchased Kanga, Roo, and Tigger for the purpose of including them in the stories. Rabbit and Owl were not stuffed toys, but were based on real animals found in the nearby Ashdown Forest.

3.3 Why the name Winnie-the-Pooh?

The teddy bear that Christopher Milne received for his first birthday was originally named Edward Bear. (In England, Teddy is a common nickname for Edward, and A.A. and Daphne both felt that the teddy bear was a serious sort and would use his proper name.) Christopher changed the name of the bear to Winnie-the-Pooh.

The Winnie part of the name was likely based on an American black bear by the name of Winnie that was at the London Zoo. A Canadian soldier, Lt. Harry Colebourn, had purchased the bear as a cub before going to England during World War I, and brought the bear with him as a mascot for his unit. In honor of his hometown, Winnipeg, Lt. Colebourn named the bear Winnie. When his unit was called to France for action, Lt. Colebourn left Winnie with the London Zoo. Winnie was Christopher Milne's favorite at the zoo, and he was often allowed to enter the cage and play with the bear.

For more information about Winnie, visit

http://chaos.trxinc.com/jmilne/Pooh/winnie.html

Pooh was originally a name attributed to a swan, as can be seen from a poem from WWWVY. Apparently, the swan never came when called to, and the Milne family often ended up saying "Pooh" to it. The name stuck. So it's possible that Pooh got his name from that swan. However, Milne offers a second explanation in the first chapter of WtP. Pooh has tried to conceal himself as a cloud, in order to sneak some hunny from some bees. In order to do this, he rolled in some mud (he was trying to appear as a dark rain cloud) and flew into the air with a balloon. Unfortunately for Pooh, the mud dried...

'But his arms were so stiff from holding on to the string of the balloon all that time that they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think--but I am not sure--that that is why he was always called Pooh.'

Winnie is typically a female name, and Pooh is obviously a boy, but Christopher apparently solved this problem with his own sort of solution. A.A. Milne writes of it in the first chapter of WtP.

'When I first heard his name, I said, just as you are going to say, "But I thought he was a boy?"
"So did I," said Christopher Robin.
"Then you can't call him Winnie?"
"I don't."
"But you said---"
"He's Winnie-ther-Pooh. Don't you know what 'ther' means?"
"Ah, yes, now I do," I said quickly; and I hope you do too, because it is all the explanation you are going to get."

3.4 Can you explain all the names Pooh has had?

In order to clear up any confusion over names, here's a list of the various "Poohish" names that might pop up in the stories.

Edward Bear: The original name of the teddy bear given to Christopher Milne at his first birthday. It is thought that he was made at the factory of J.K. Farnell , who made bears exclusively for Harrod's in the 1920's.
Winnie-the-Pooh: The name Christopher Robin bestowed upon Edward Bear when he said "he would like an exciting name all to himself" (WtP)
Winnie-ther-Pooh: The name, corrected by Christopher Robin so as to remove suspicion that Edward had been given a girl's name. "ther" is not explained. (WtP)
Winnie: An army veterinarian named Lt. Harry Colebourn bought a female black bear cub from a hunter on the platform of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Station in White River, Ontario, Canada on August 24, 1914 for $20 while en route to Valcartier, Quebec. The hunter had killed the cub's mother. Colebourn took the bear, which he named Winnie (after his home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba (though he was born in Birmingham)) overseas to England, where she became the mascot of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, to which Colebourn was attached, most especially the Princess Patricia's Regiment. When he was posted to France in December, he left the bear with the London Zoo where it was a favorite attraction of A.A. Milne & Christopher. Colebourn, who visited Winnie when his leave permitted, met Alan at the Zoo and related her story to the author. Winnie survived until 1934.
Pooh: Originally the name of a swan that lived on the lake at Decoy, a thatched cottage near Angmering in Sussex, a vacation spot of the Milnes when Christopher was small. Also the sound Pooh allegedly makes in the aftermath of the bees incident, when "his arms were so stiff...that they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off" (WtP). Also short for Winnie-the(r)-Pooh.
Mr. Sanders: The name Pooh lives under. (WtP)
Sir Pooh de Bear: The name Christopher Robin bestows upon Pooh at the end of the stories. (HaPC)
Henry Pootel: The name actually bestowed upon Piglet by Christopher Robin, when he and Kanga deliberately mistake Piglet for "some relation of Pooh's" (WtP)

3.5 Who is Sanders? Was he real?

'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."
"Winnie-the-Pooh wasn't quite sure," said Christopher Robin.
"Now I am," said a growly voice.
"Then I will go on," said I.)

No one really knows who Sanders was. The best guess is that Milne used something he found in the woods near his Cotchford Farm home and incorporated it into the stories. In this case, a sign with the name Sanders was found on a tree, and it was decided that that was the tree in which Pooh lived.

3.6 When is Pooh's birthday?

The most common answer to this question is October 14. This is based on the fact that WtP was first published by Methuen on October 14, 1926. This is generally accepted to be the "official" birthday for Pooh.

However, a few things complicate that date. Pooh, or Edward Bear at the time, was a gift to Christopher Milne for his first birthday. That would mean that Pooh was received on August 21, 1921. This particular date is supported in the Pooh stories themselves. In the last chapter of HaPC, Pooh asks Christopher Robin how old he'll be when CR is 100, and CR replies with 99.

So you've got two dates right there. But there's even more to confuse the issue. The argument for October 14 is that it was the first day Pooh was published. But that's not quite true. The first chapter of WtP was published in the Dec. 24, 1925, edition of the London Evening News. And what would become the sixth chapter of WtP, "In Which Eeyore has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents", appeared in the August 1926 edition of Royal Magazine. And even before these, Edward Bear appeared in WWWVY.

Fans tend to either go with the Oct. 14, or Aug. 21 dates. It all depends on whether you want to celebrate the day Pooh was introduced to the world in WtP, or the day Christopher Milne opened his gifts and received his first teddy bear.

3.7 What is Poohsticks?

First appearing in chapter 6 of HaPC, Poohsticks is the ultimate in games, and was invented by our very own Winnie the Pooh. All you need is a stream, a bridge (optional, but very nice), and some sticks or fir cones. You drop the sticks off one side of the bridge (usually the upstream side), then rush over to the other side to see whose stick appears first. Occasionally a player may be bounced into the water by another player. In such an instance, it's usually best to just spin around in an eddy for awhile and make the best of the situation.

For those of you who don't have a stream handy, you could try your luck at Virtual Pooh Sticks. Graham Simms has created an electronic version of the game, in which ten players compete to see whose electronic message arrives at a destination first. If you're interested in finding out more about that, visit the Virtual Pooh Sticks web page.

3.8 Where do the stories take place?

The stories take place in the Forest and the Hundred Acre Wood. These places are based on real areas near the area where Milne lived: Ashdown Forest, and the Five Hundred Acre Wood. Many of the places found in the books correspond to real places in Ashdown Forest and the Five Hundred Acre Wood. There really is a Sandy Pit, like the one where Roo played, Poohsticks Bridge, and the Enchanted Place at the top of the Forest. (Although it's called Gill's Lap, not Galleon's Lap.) These locations are near the town of Hartfield, in East Sussex, England.

3.9 Where can I make a Pooh pilgrimage?

First and foremost, East Sussex, England. Specifically around the Hartfield area. The Milnes lived at Cotchford Farm, a few miles south of Hartfield, and the stories take place in the Ashdown Forest area. For more information about this area, contact The Conservators of Ashdown Forest. They should be able to provide more detailed information.

The Conservators of Ashdown Forest
The Ashdown Forest Centre
Wych Cross
Forest Row
East Sussex RH18 5JP

Telephone: 01342 823583

Calling from outside England? Replace the first 0 with 011 44.

If you're in Hartfield, a good place to stop is at a store called Pooh Corner. They can provide you with maps of the area, as well as a large selection of Pooh merchandise.

Pooh Corner
High Street
Hartfield, East Sussex TN7 4AE
England

Telephone: 01892 770453
Fax: 01982 770872
WWW: http://www2.mistral.co.uk/poohcountry/
Calling from outside England? Replace the first 0 with 011 44.

Once in the area, you'll want to make a visit to Ashdown Forest, maybe play a quick game of Poohsticks at Poohsticks Bridge, hike on up to Gill's Lap, or visit Cotchford Farm.

The original manuscripts of Pooh stories can be seen in the Wren Library in Trinity College Cambridge, UK.

The Victoria and Albert Museum holds the original sketches for WtP and HaPC. Visitors can request to see the sketches in the Print Room there. A collection of Shepard cartoons for Punch can be found at the University of Kent, and the Imperial War Museum contains some paintings he did while he was a gunner from 1916 to 1919.

The original stuffed toys (minus Roo, who has been lost) may be found today in the Central Children's Room of the Donnell Library Center, a branch of the New York Public Library.

White River, Ontario, Canada, likes to consider itself the home of the original Winnie. Lt. Harry Colebourn purchased the bear while still in Canada took it over to England when his regiment was called to war in Europe. It was this bear that Christopher Milne used to play with at the zoo, and later renamed his teddy bear in honor or. In recent years, the town of White River has held festivals in honor of the bear that started it all.

Chapter 4: In Which We Discuss Other Forms of Media Pooh Appears In

4.1 What cartoons have been produced?

The following Disney shorts have been produced:

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)

The first three shorts were combined into a single movie called:

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

A new Disney movie has also been released:

Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997)

Chapter 5: In Which We Talk About Pooh Discussion Groups

5.1 Are there any other newsgroups that discuss Pooh?

Of course, alt.fan.pooh is the only newsgroup that is focused on Pooh. However, the following newsgroups might have discussions about Pooh pop up.

alt.fan.tigger (Tigger's own group)
rec.arts.disney.*
alt.disney.*
alt.collecting.teddy-bears
rec.arts.books.children

5.2 How about Pooh mailing lists?

There are several mailing lists which talk about Pooh or other characters from the stories. For more information about each, visit the following web pages (or write for more information).

* Zone Enchanted Place
* O Gallant Piglet!
* Jamie's Pooh Page

Pooh Listserv

Send a message to listproc@listserver.tiac.net
In the body, put the messsage: subscribe pooh
For more information about this list, contact kimee@tiac.net

Pooh Klub

Send a message to poohklub@cuteandcuddly.com for details.

5.3 Are there any other Pooh newsletters or bulletins?

Donna and Tim Schwender produce a quarterly newsletter called the Balloon Bear Bulletin. For subscription information, contact them at Schwender@aol.com.

Chapter 6: In Which Pooh Goes Digital

6.1 Are there any computer programs with Pooh?

Disney's Print Studio (Pooh)
Disney's Animated Storybook "Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree"
Disney's Ready to Read with Pooh
Disney's Ready for Math with Pooh

Thanks to Glenda Helmick for providing information about these programs.

6.2 Where can I find a Pooh screensaver?

Pooh screensavers do exist. There are three that I know of (each for Windows 95), two of which can be found on the web. For a Tigger screensaver, visit:

http://www.oh-no.com/tigger.html

For a screensaver with all the characters, visit one of the following sites:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/9959/thanks15.html
http://home.global.co.za/~alastair/download/download.htm
http://www.the-hundred-acre-wood.com/nopti4.htm

The latter site also has several screensavers to choose from, as well as a Pooh font available for download.

Another suggestion is to try and find a common "slide show" type of screensaver and fill it up with Pooh images.

A Disney Channel screensaver, with about five seconds of Pooh eating honey, can be found at:

http://www.disney.com/DisneyChannel/ScreenSaver/_index.html

6.3 Where can I find a Pooh theme for Windows 95?

If you've got Microsoft Plus! and are looking for a Pooh desktop theme to grace your computer, here's the places to look.

100 Acre Canyon
Vicky's Tigger World
Eeyore Desktop Theme Pack

6.4 Where can I find Pooh on the World Wide Web?

Everywhere! The number of Pooh sites has increased dramatically in past years. It started around 1995 with four or so, increased to around 30 or so in the first three months of 1996, and exploded since then. Besides the myriad web pages that are scattered throughout this FAQ, these are just a few of the many sites out there that you might enjoy.

Pooh's Yellow Pages

A guide to many of the other Pooh pages out there.

Winnie the Pooh Internet Directory

Another guide to additional Pooh sites on the WWW.

Winnie-the-Pooh's Page

Dutton's "official" Pooh site.

Winnie the Pooh -- An Expotition

Just an all-around "feel good" site.

Stephanie's Thoughtful Spot

Games, pictures, info... Stephanie's got it all here.

Winnie the Pooh

Lots of background information about the stories.

100 Acre Canyon

A large collection of Pooh related sounds can be found here.

SUNET FTP

A large collection of Pooh images to download.

The Page at Pooh Corner

Background information on Milne, Shepard, the toys, etc.

Several of these pages also have links to many of the other Pooh pages that are out there, and those pages have links to still others, and so on and on. You could probably spend many days looking up all the Pooh pages out there. (I know, I've tried...)

Chapter 7: In Which We Discuss How to Find Pooh Merchandise

7.1 Where's the best place to find Pooh merchandise?

Right now, just about anywhere. Pooh is more popular now in terms of merchandise than ever before. A good store to visit is the Disney Store, if you have one in your area. They'll have a large amount of both Classic Pooh and Disney Pooh items. If you're interested in receiving a Disney Store catalog, you can request to receive one from the online store:

http://www.disneystore.com/

Or you can call them at 1-800-328-0612.

Another well-known spot for Pooh merchandise is the Pooh Corner shop in Hartfield, England. For catalog information, write to:

Pooh Corner
High Street
Hartfield, East Sussex TN7 4AE
England

Telephone: 01892 770453
Fax: 01982 770872
WWW: http://www2.mistral.co.uk/poohcountry/
Online catalog: http://www.poohcorner.barclaysquare.com/
Calling from outside England? Replace the first 0 with 011 44.

7.2 How do I find Pooh stores on the web?

The following places are stores that sell a large amount of Pooh merchandise from the World Wide Web. This is not nearly a complete list, but should have many of the stores with large selections.

Disney Store Online
Kroneberger's Classic Pooh
The Hunny Pot
The Thotful Spot
Pooh Station
Pooh on the Web

7.3 What's the difference between Classic Pooh and Disney Pooh?

"Classic" Pooh is Disney's way of describing the style for Pooh and the others as illustrated by E.H. Shepard. Therefore, Classic Pooh merchandise would show the characters in the style created by Shepard. Typically, this also means that the colors are a lot softer and that the characters look more like the stuffed toys that they were originally based on.

"Disney" Pooh is the style for the characters as created by the Disney studios for their cartoons. This style usually has brighter colors.

7.4 What are Hunny Pot Points?

Hunny Pot Points can be found on the packaging or tags for many types of Pooh merchandise (usually Disney). In the past, Hunny Pot Points could be turned in (along with some additional charge) for various specials.

7.5 How do I find out about the current Hunny Pot Point program?

For information about the current Hunny Pot Point program, call 1-888-376-3252.

Michelle LeWinter (emmell@worldnet.att.net) recently wrote in and said that she received a new bulletin about the program. New items available include:

Friends Forever T-shirt (child and adult sizes)
Friends Forever Sweatshirt (child and adult sizes)
Embroidered Cap (child size only)
Friendship Watch
Friendship Club Plush Set
Friendship Video set

Also, Hunny Pot Points can be used to join the Pooh Friendship Club. Yearly membership is $25 plus 15 Hunny Pot Points, or $50 without the Hunny Pot Points. For joining the club, you'll receive a "Clubhouse Play Kit" with various items, quarterly issues of "Pooh News", and an art print. For more information, call the phone number above, or write to:

Pooh Friendship Club
PO Box 1723
Minneapolis, MN 55440-1723

If you know of any additional information concerning Hunny Pot Points, please contact jmilne@chaos.trxinc.com.

Chapter 8: In Which You are Directed to Other Books

8.1 Are there any books that would have more information about Pooh?: "The Brilliant Career of Winnie-the-Pooh" by Ann Thwaite (Dutton, 1992) is a wonderful place to start. The book contains personal letters, photographs, and newspaper articles to document the history of Pooh. "Winnie-The-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner: Recovering Arcadia" by Paula Connolly (Twayne Publisher, Inc., 1995) is also an interesting book. This book discusses the literary and historical context of the books. "The Pooh Perplex, a Freshman Casebook" by Frederick Crews (Dutton, 1963) is a rather amusing look at the Pooh stories. The book consists of analyses of the stories, from varying made-up perspectives. Although not about Pooh, Benjamin Hoff's books, "The Tao of Pooh" (Dutton, 1982) and "The Te of Piglet" (Dutton, 1992) are highly regarded by most Pooh fans. These books try to express Eastern philosophy by using Pooh and Co. as examples. Another book with a similar theme is "Pooh and the Philosophers" by John Tyerman Williams (Dutton, 1996), which compares Western philosophy to the stories.
8.2 Are there any books that would have more information about A.A. Milne?: Perhaps the best place to start would be with A.A. Milne's own autobiography. In Great Britain, it's entitled "It's Too Late Now" (Methuen), and the American version is "Autobiography" (Dutton). It was published in 1937, so there are about two decades of his life that are left uncovered. Ann Thwaite has created a wonderful biography of A.A. Milne. It's titled "A.A. Milne: His Life" (Faber and Faber, 1990). Another good biography is "A.A. Milne" by Thomas Swann (Twayne, 1971).
8.3 What other books has A.A. Milne written?: Quite a few! During his lifetime, A.A. Milne was one of the most popular playwrights in England, and before his career turned to plays, he was a successful humourist for "Punch" magazine. Some of his more popular titles include:
"The Day's Play" (collection of essays from "Punch")
"Wurzel-Flummery" (play)
"Mr Pim Passes By" (play)
"The Dover Road" (play)
"The Red House Mystery" (mystery novel)
"Toad of Toad Hall" (play based on "The Wind in the Willows")
"The Ivory Door" (play)
"Peace With Honour" (social commentary)
"Chloe Marr" (novel)
And many others!
8.4 What about books about E.H. Shepard?: For more images from the Pooh stories, a good book to check out would be "The Pooh Sketchbook" by E.H. Shepard and edited by Brian Sibley (Methuen, 1992). If it's information about Shepard's life that you want, Rawle Knox's "The Work of E.H. Shepard" (Methuen, 1979) is the book for you. For those of you that are right-brained, it's also got plenty of images, from Pooh as well as other works.
8.5 Are there any books about Christopher Robin?: A couple. And all written by Christopher Milne himself. "The Enchanted Places" (Dutton, 1974) and "The Path Through the Trees" (Dutton, 1979) are autobiographical. In "The Hollow on the Hill" (Methuen, 1982), Christopher explains his personal philosophy of life. Other books by Christopher Milne are apparently collections of essays: "Windfall" (Methuen, 1985) and "Open Garden" (Methuen, 1988).

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