A. A. Milne Mystery" (although this was severely criticised by Raymond Chandler for the implausibility of its plot). But once Milne had, in his own words, "said goodbye to all that in 70,000 words" (the approximate length of his four principal children's books), he had no intention of producing any reworkings lacking in originality, given that one of the sources of inspiration, his son, was growing older. Another reason Milne stopped writing children's books, and especially about Winnie-the-Pooh, was that he felt "amazement and disgust" over the fame his son was exposed to, and said that "I feel that the legal Christopher Robin
Winnie-the-Pooh: The Best Bear in All the World Winnie-the-Pooh: The Best Bear in All the World Winnie-the-Pooh: The Best Bear in All the World is the second authorised sequel to A. A. Milne's original "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories. It was published on 6 October 2016 to mark the 90th anniversary of the publication of the first "Winnie-the-Pooh" book. The sequel is an anthology of four short stories, each written by a leading children's author. The four contributors are Paul Bright, Jeanne Willis, Kate Saunders, and Brian Sibley. The illustrations, in the style of the originals by E. H. Shepard, are by Mark Burgess. The book attracted national press coverage because