The Life and Times of the Real Winnie-the-Pooh: The Teddy Bear Who Inspired A.A. Milne

Shirley Harrison

Jul 2012 · Grub Street Publishers

About this ebook

The true story of the iconic teddy bear who became a beloved children’s book character and continues to inspire children around the world.
 
In this captivating biography, author Shirley Harrison follows the journey of Winnie-the-Pooh, the world’s most famous silly old bear, from his first appearance to his final resting place. Winnie-the-Pooh was “born” in an Acton toy factory in 1921. From there he traveled to Harrods where he was bought by Mrs. Daphne Milne for her baby son, Christopher Robin.
 
At the family’s farmhouse in Ashdown Forest, Sussex, deep in the “Hundred Acre Wood,” author A.A. Milne transformed his son Christopher Robin’s playtime fantasies into the stories that would captivate readers the world over.
 
From England, Pooh emigrated to America, spending many years as a celebrity on tour. Today, he lives in retirement in the Children’s Center of the New York Public Library along with Tigger, Eeyore, Kanga, and Piglet.
 
Filled with family anecdotes and illustrated with photographs of the people and places that brought the bear to life, The Life and Times of the Real Winnie-the-Pooh is a biography that traces the steps of the bear himself, the Milne family, and the loveable character they created.

About the author

Shirley Harrison began professional life as a reporter on the Walthamstow Guardian. As a schoolgirl she broadcast on Uncle Mac s Children s Hour and the BBC Younger Generation. In the sixties, Shirley joined an advertising company in London working on national fashion accounts and then went on to start her own PR and Feature writing company working with stars such as Twiggy, Julie Christie and Jean Simmons. When Shirley moved with her first husband to Sussex she founded one of the first pre-school Playgroups in the country at the same time as writing articles for national newspapers and magazines.