It's Winnie the Pooh Day (7-15)

A.A. Milne went to school in London where one of his teachers was H.G. Wells. They shared a love of books and became close friends in later years when they were both authors. Milne was a newspaper writer early in his career, but published several books before he married. His son, Christopher, was born in 1920. "Winnie the Pooh" was written for this son and inspired by the toys in his nursery.