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Elizabeth Hale, Senior Lecturer in English and Writing (children's literature), University of New England

Friendship, honey and the simple life: 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh

The real Christopher Robin Milne, centre, alongside original illustrations from the book. Wikimedia Commons, Bertmann/Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Isn’t it funny
How a Bear likes honey
Buzz buzz
I wonder why he does

Just over a century ago, the satirical writer and playwright A.A. Milne, suffering from the after-effects of fighting in the trenches of World War I, started writing some poems for his only child, Christopher Robin.

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