The Book Trunk

AA Milne

  • There’s More to AA Milne than Pooh and Piglet!

    I read this on my Kindle, courtesy ofProject Gutenberg, and have no ‘real’book, so here is a frontispiece from anedition illustrated by  Charles Robinson,whose work I love.  King Merriwig of Euralia sat at breakfast on his castle walls. He lifted the gold cover from the gold dish in… Continue reading

  • What Were Your Favourite Childhood Books?

    Can you name at least one book that you read as a child (ie 11 or under) that still exists in your memory as a perfect story?  That was the challenge issued to me by my friend Phillipa Ashley (a… Continue reading

  • King John’s Christmas

    Two for the price of one today. Since I am in poetic mood, here is AA Milne’s King John’s Christmas, copied from When We Were Very Young, which is the first book I was ever given, when I was less… Continue reading