winnie the pooh ppt

A. A. Milne
Winnie the Pooh
Facts and trivia


A.A. Milne – the writer
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Alan Alexander Milne

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Born: 1882; Died: 1956

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Was a student at his fathers
school – where one of his
techers was H.G. Wells

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Studied Mathematics at
Cambrdige – started writing

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Wrote for Punch Magazine
– later became its editor

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Was a soldier in both worl
wars

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Wrote for adults as well –
but later was mostly known
for his „Pooh” books and
poems for children


A.A. Milne – the father and
storyteller
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In 1924 'When We Were Very Young‘- a
book of childrens’ poems was
published. (includes a poem about a
Teddy Bear who "however hard he
tries grows tubby without exercise„)

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In 1925 that Pooh officially came into
being. In a bedtime story that Milne
had made up for his son (Christopher
Robin) about adventures he had with
his Teddy Bear.

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Milne didn't write the Pooh stories and poems for children but
intended them for the child within us.

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He never read the stories and poems to his son Christopher,
preferring rather to amuse him with the works of P.G. Wodehouse


The characters

• The characters were
inspired by the stuffed
animals of Milne’s son
• The original illustrations
were drawings by Punch
illustrator, Ernest Shepard


The story
1.

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) is the first volume of
stories about Winnie-the-Pooh.

Includes stories such as:
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Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets Into a Tight Place

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Eeyore Loses A Tail and Pooh Finds One
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Christopher Robin Leads An Expotition To The
North Pole


The story
2.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928) is the
second volume of stories about Winniethe-Pooh.

Includes stories such as:
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Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has
Breakfast
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Pooh Invents a New Game and Eeyore
Joins In
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Tigger Is Unbounced


The characters –
Winnie the Pooh
Role:
Cuddly absentminded stuffed bear
Hobbies:
Eating honey, always hungry

Favorite Phrase:
"Do you have any honey?"
Note of Interest:
Disney's Pooh was based off the Agnes
Brush plush sold in the 40s and 50s.


The characters –
Piglet
Role:
small, curious stuffed pig
Hobbies:
eagerly experiencing the world, being a good
friend to Pooh.
Favorite Phrase:
"Oh, dear, oh, de-de-de-de-dear, dear."


The characters –
Eeyore
Role:
Melancholy stuffed donkey
Hobbies:
Constantly losing his tail, moping about
Favorite Phrase:
"It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it."


The characters - everyone else
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Tigger
Rabbit
Kanga&Roo
Owl


The place – 100 acre wood


The place – 100 acre wood
The Hundred Acre Wood is the fictional land inhabited by Winniethe-Pooh and his friends. The wood is visited regularly by the
young boy Christopher Robin, who accompanies (or imagines
through make-believe) Pooh and company on their many
adventures. (One hundred acres is 0.4 square kilometres or
0.15625 square miles.)
In A. A. Milne's books, the term "Hundred Acre Wood" is actually
used for a specific part of the larger Forest, centered around Owl's
house.
The Hundred Acre Wood is based on Ashdown Forest in East
Sussex, England. The car park at Gills Lap, TQ 467 315 contains a
display panel with a map of the surrounding area and the features
from several of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories marked on it. The
"Enchanted place" is a a small wood 200 m to the north. A
monument to A.A. Milne stands 100 m further on.

The place – 100 acre wood

Eeyore lives in the "House at Pooh Corner". It is an A-frame house
built of sticks around the bush from where Eeyore's old house
used to be. It was built by Pooh and Piglet.
Owl used to live in "The Chestnuts" until his residence blew down.
Eeyore "found" Owl his new home. Owl now lives in "The Wolery"
which is the beech tree where Piglet used to live. Piglet now lives
with Winnie-the-Pooh.