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Alan Alexander Milne (pronounced /ˈmɪln/) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London, to parents Vince Milne and Sarah Marie Milne (née Heginbotham) and grew up at Henley House School, 6/7 Mortimer Road (now Crescent), Kilburn, a small public school run by his father. One of his teachers was H. G. Wells who taught there in 1889–90. Milne attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied on a mathematics scholarship. While there, he edited and wrote for Granta, a student magazine. He collaborated with his brother Kenneth and their articles appeared over the initials AKM. Milne's work came to the attention of the leading British humour magazine Punch, where Milne was to become a contributor and later an assistant editor. Milne joined the British Army in World War I and served as an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and later, after a debilitating illness, the Royal Corps of Signals. He was discharged on February 14, 1919. After the war, he wrote a denunciation of war titled Peace with Honour (1934), which he retracted somewhat with 1940's War with Honour. During World War II, Milne was one of the most prominent critics of English writer P. G. Wodehouse, who was captured at his country home in France by the Nazis and imprisoned for a year. Wodehouse made radio broadcasts about his internment, which were broadcast from Berlin. Although the light-hearted broadcasts made fun of the Germans, Milne accused Wodehouse of committing an act of near treason by cooperating with his country's enemy. Wodehouse got some revenge on his former friend by creating fatuous parodies of the Christopher Robin poems in some of his later stories, and claiming that Milne "was probably jealous of all other writers.... But I loved his stuff." He married Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt in 1913, and their only son, Christopher Robin Milne, was born in 1920. In 1925, A. A. Milne bought a country home, Cotchford Farm, in Hartfield, East Sussex. During World War II, A. A. Milne was Captain of the Home Guard in Hartfield & Forest Row, insisting on being plain 'Mr. Milne' to the members of his platoon. He retired to the farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 left him an invalid and by August 1953 "he seemed very old and disenchanted". He was 74 years old when he passed away in 1956.
Love From Pooh: Celebrate the 2026 Centenary with this illustrated gift book featuring loving quotes from Milne and Shepard’s original works
2026
The Graphic Novel
2026
100th Anniversary Edition (Winnie-the-Pooh; The House at Pooh Corner)
2026
2026
NEW collectable edition of definitive, original illustrated Pooh stories from Milne and Shepard
2025
2025
2025
2025
The World of Winnie-the-Pooh: Perfect Present for Children and Adult fans of Milne’s Classics
2024
The Graphic Novel Adaptation
2024
2024
2024
The 1926 Classic Edition with Original Illustrations
2023
2023
The Accessible Version
2023
2023
2023
2023
UNABRIDGED ORIGINAL CLASSIC
2022
Illustrated
2022
2022
Original 1926 Illustrated First Edition
2022
2022
2022
A Present from Pooh
2021
2021
Mysteries for Bibliophiles
2021
2021
Selected Writings of A. A. Milne
2020
2019
Gloom & Doom for Pessimists
2018
2018
Doubt & Disquiet for Worriers
2018
2018
Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection
2018
2017
2017
The Complete Collection of Stories and Poems
2016
The original, timeless and definitive version of the Pooh stories and poetry collections created by A.A.Milne and … An ideal gift for children and adults.
2016
Winnie-the-Pooh and the Wrong Bees
2016
2016
2015
Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace
2013
2013
2013
2012
2011
2011
2010
2009
