Winnie-the-Pooh Classic Collection

Ages 5 to 9

The original and timeless stories and poetry collections created by A. A. Milne with E. H. Shepard's iconic decorations in an ideal gift set.

“Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders.”A. A. Milne's stories about Pooh and his friends have been loved by generations of children and their parents since Winnie-the-Pooh was first published in 1926. This magnificent slipcase features the four classic Winnie-the-Pooh titles: Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, and Now We Are Six. Each volume features the original E. H. Shepard decorations in full color.Milne’s classic children’s stories—featuring Piglet, Eeyore, Christopher Robin and, of course, Pooh himself—are both heart-warming and funny, teaching lessons of friendship and reflecting the power of a child’s imagination like no other story before or since.Pooh ranks alongside other beloved characters such as Paddington Bear and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage. Whether you’re 5 or 55, Pooh is a bear for all ages.

About the Author

A. A. Milne was born in London in 1882 and later became a highly successful writer of plays, poems and novels. He based Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet and friends on the real nursery toys of his son Christopher Robin and published the first of their adventures together in 1926. Since then, Pooh has become a world-famous bear, and Milne’s stories have been translated into seventy-two languages.E. H. Shepard was born in London in 1879. He was a cartoonist and artist, and went on to draw the original decorations to accompany Milne’s classic stories, earning him the name ‘the man who drew Pooh’.