the house at pooh corner first edition 1928

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Within these verses would be the glimmer of a very familiar honey-loving pal, introduced in the poem “The Teddy Bear.” Two years later, Milne would flesh out this very “short and stout” bear, turning him into the classic Winnie-the-Pooh. A first edition, 1924, of When We Were Very Young, by A.A.

The house at pooh corner first edition 1928