"...bump, bump, bump...here is Edward Bear, coming down the stairs now on the back of his head. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it."
It Happened ToDay:
Oh Pooh!
January 18, 1882 - A.A. Milne,Creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, Born ToDay
ToDay, eighty-two years after itwas first published, Winnie-the-Pooh remains one of the best-selling children's books of all time. Alan Alexander (A.A.) Milne, the creator of this wildly popular cast of characters - which includes Winnie-the-Pooh, Owl, Eeyore, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo, and of course, Piglet - was born in Hampstead, London on this day in 1882. Milne was a gifted child, teaching himself to read at age two and to write soon there after.
Milne would become a most prolific author, playwright, and poet, penning novels and collections of short stories for both children and adults, and over two dozen plays. A.A.Milne is best remembered for his two collections of stories for children - Winnie-the-Pooh and House at Pooh Corner - which have sold over 40 million copies in English and have been translated into dozens of other languages, making Pooh one of the most recognized and loved characters around the world. [click for expanded article & illustrations and more Pooh!]
Quote for ToDay:
"This communicating of a man's self to his friend workstwo contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half."-- Aristotle
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