Winnie-The-Pooh and Other Delightful Stories (Painted Editions)

Featuring beautiful cover art from artist Laci Fowler, this whimsical classic tale of childhood will delight book lovers, new mothers, and literature fans in an exclusive collector's edition. Read along with Pooh and Piglet as they explore the Hundred Acre Wood with Christopher Robin.

Beloved by readers everywhere, Winnie-the-Pooh is the story of a bear named Pooh and his delightful animal friends. This time-honored classic is now available as an exclusive collector's edition.

Whether you're buying it as a gift or for yourself, this remarkable edition features:

• A beautiful, high-end hardcover featuring Laci Fowler's distinctive hand-painted art and high-end embossing/debossing treatments to bring the art to life
• Details of the story are incorporated into the cover art as surprise finds for the consummate fan
• Decorative interior pages featuring pull quotes throughout
• Matching ribbon marker and gold page edges
• Part of a 4-volume collection including Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, and Peter Pan

Winnie-the-Pooh and his irresistibly lovable friends--Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Baby Roo, and the eternal pessimist Eeyore--gently meander through Hundred Acre Wood with their favorite human Christopher Robin, embarking on whimsical adventures and solving hilarious dilemmas. A. A. Milne's iconic characters, along with E. H. Shepard's unforgettable illustrations, have captured the hearts of generations of readers for nearly a century. This beautiful collector's edition also includes additional stories from Milne's collection A Gallery of Children, illustrated with pen-and-ink facsimiles of H. Willebeek le Mair's original full-color artwork.

A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne (1882--1956) was a noted English author primarily known as a poet and playwright before he found huge success with his iconic children's books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. Milne served in both World Wars and was the father of Christopher Robin Milne, upon whom the Pooh character Christopher Robin was based.

E. H. (Ernest Howard) Shepard (1879-1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrating the classic children's books The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh.