Figure 2.--Here is Christopher Milne with his cherished teddy. He did not call it Winnie the Poo, but rather Mr. Edward Bear. I'm not sure when this photograph was taken, but would guess about 1927-28, about the time he was sent off to boarding school. |
A.A. Milne's Christopher Robin had as his best companion of course Winnie the Poo drawn by Ernest Shepard. Christophere was a literary character based on Milne's own son named Christopher. The Winnine the Poo books made Christopher the most famous English boy with a trddy. When Christopher began school, the books had made him so famous that he was teased by the other boys. It took him some time to come to terms with the situation. I'm not sure what happened to Christopher's actual cherished teddy.
A.A. Milne's Christopher Robin had as his best companion of course Winnie the Poo. A.A. Milne writes in his autibiography that "It seemed to me almost that my father had got to where he was by climbing on my infant shoulders." In fact, A.A. Milne was already a successful playwright and humorist in 1924 when, during a rainy holiday in Wales, he wrote a whimsical collection of verses about his then 4-year-old son. The book, When We Were Very Young, and three later volumes--featuring the adventures of a wide-eyed child named Christopher Robin and his guileless teddy bear companion Winnie-the-Pooh--would sell thousands of copies, be translated into
more than 30 languages.
The charming drawings of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Poo in A.A. Milne's books were drawn by Ernest Shepard<. One of the most delightful childhood memories of Victorian England is Ernest Shepard's lovely book, Drawn From Memory. Shepard is the artist who illustrated A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh. Shepard grew up in London during the 1880s. He recalls remarkably detailed images of horse-drawn London where a penny was wealth for a child. A warm, delightful view of Victorian England emerges from the book, recollections of the
Jubilee, seaside bathing at Eastbourne, hop-picking in Kent, the Drury Lane Pantomine, aunts and illnesses, hansom cabs, hobby horses, park outings, and pea-soup fogs. Shepard details the experiences of he and his brother and describes them through their childhood eyes.
Christopher Robin Milne was the son of A.A. Milne. He was known to his family as "Billy Moon." The "Moon" part came from the way Christopher said the family name when he was little. "Billy" was the family's name for him, because they originally wanted to christen
him William. This is a picture of A.A. Milne and Christopher (with a certain Mr. Edward Bear). Christophere was a literary character based on Milne's own son named Christopher. The Winnine the Poo books made Christopher the most famous English boy with a trddy. When Christopher began school, the books had made him so famous that he was teased by the other boys. It took him some time to come to terms with the situation. I'm not sure what happened to Christopher's actual cherished teddy. Christopher Milne died in 1996.
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