A nice edition with over 80 illustrations (some small and some large) and the cover from an 1926 edition. Winnie-the-Pooh is a children’s book by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. Published in 1926, it is a collection of short stories about a teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friends Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo. It is the first of two story collections by Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh, the second being The House at Pooh Corner. The main character, Christopher Robin, was named after Milne's son. The bear was originally named Edward but was renamed Winnie after a bear mascot in World War I. The stories and characters in the book have been adapted in other media, most notably by Walt Disney.