Winnie children's hearts

Though the name AA Milne may not ring a bell instantly, Winnie-The-Pooh surely does. A literary critic and short story writer, Alan Alexander Milne is credited with creating one of the most loved children's characters ever. CS gives you some trivia on the late Milne who was born today in 1882:

>>u00a0As a kid, he was lucky to have writer HG Wells as one of his teachers.

>>u00a0Milne joined the British army and served in World War I as an officer. During World War II, he became one of the main critics of PG Wodehouse.

>>u00a0Besides Winnie-The-Pooh, Milne's other well appreciated work was the Red House Mystery, a comic novel.

>> The characters in Winnie The Pooh wereu00a0 inspired by his son Christopher Robin's stuffed toys. Those toys are now kept at a New York museum.

>>u00a0From 1929, the success of his children's books irritated Milne who found no takers for his writings for grown-ups.