Generations of readers around the globe have been enchanted by A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh tales, longing to be part of Christopher Robin’s magical world, laughing at the simple-minded Pooh, and worrying about dear, ever-anxious Piglet. But have we ever pondered what life was like for the boy with flowing locks, dressed in a smock and wellies?

At fifty-four, Christopher Milne reminisces about his youth, invoking memories of ‘the enchanted places’ of his Sussex playgrounds. The Hundred Acre Wood, Galleon’s Lap, and Poohsticks Bridge were not mere figments of his father’s imagination, but real places near the Milne residence at Cotchford Farm.

This autobiographical tale helped form the basis for Disney’s Christopher Robin, a film about the man Milne became and the child who may have lived on inside him. Ewan McGregor starred as Christopher Robin.