SOURCE- ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
THE OCCASION
Illinois State University’s annual Lois Lenski Children’s Literature Lecture will feature Dr. Niall Nance-Carroll with the talk “The First Hundred Years of Winnie-the-Pooh” at 7 p.m. Monday, March 21, in Stevenson Hall, room 101.
Nance-Carroll, an Illinois State alum who now teaches with Eastern Illinois University, will discuss the history and evolution of “the best bear in all the world” from Christopher Milne’s beloved stuffed animals that became the models for A.A. Milne’s two volumes of Pooh stories, illustrated by Ernest Shepard, and subsequently popularized by Disney animation.
WHO IS LOIS LENSKI?
SOURCE- LITERARY GUIDES
Lois Lenski (October 14, 1893 – September 11, 1974), American children’s book author and illustrator, was best known for realistic depictions of childhood in regional settings around the United States.
AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE ON A.A MILNE
SOURCE- WIKIPEDIA
Alan Alexander Milne ( 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both World Wars, joining the British Army in World War I, and as a captain of the British Home Guard in World War II.
He was the father of bookseller Christopher Robin Milne, upon whom the character Christopher Robin is based.
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