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 and the Honey Tree the wisdom to dip right into the Milne pages, just the way Pooh paws after honey...The flavoring, with some nice tunes stirred in, is exactly right—wistful, sprightly and often hilarious. English critic Felix Barker strongly disliked it. E.H. Shepard called the short a travesty. A.A. Milne's widow, Daphne, is said to have liked it. Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree is a 1966 animated featurette based on the first two chapters of the book "Winnie-the-Pooh" by A. A. Milne. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions. Its songs were written by