The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh: How E. H. Shepard Illustrated an Icon

ForewordbyMinetteShepardTheenchantingstoryofhowillustrator,E.H.Shepard,createdtheclassicillustrationsforsomeofthemostbelovedcharactersinEnglishchildren’sliterature—Winnie-the-PoohandhisfriendsfromtheHundredAcreWood,Piglet,Eeyore,Tigger,Kanga,Roo,ChristopherRobin,andmore—andtheremarkablepartnershipbetweenthewriter,A.A.Milne,andtheillustratorthatbroughtthemtolife,toldforthefirsttimeinthisbeautifulvolumeillustratedwithmorethan125full-colorimagesfromthePoohseries,never-before-seensketches,artwork,familyphotographs,andmemorabilia.Winnie-the-Poohandhisfriendshaveenthralledgenerationsofchildrenandhavebecomesomeoftheworld’smostbelovedcharacters.Butbeforetheiradventureswerecapturedinmanymillionsofbookspublishedinnearlyfiftylanguages,theystartedlifeinthe1920sastheproductofauniquecollaborationbetweenauthorA.A.MilneandillustratorE.H.Shepard.Theywoveimagesandtexttogetherinawaythatwasutterlyoriginalforthetime.ItwasaprocessthatShepardrelished;hecontinuedtocreateartworkforneweditionsuntilhisdeathin1976attheageofninety-six.Thislovinglydesigned,full-colorvolume,whichincludesaforewordfromShepard’sgranddaughter,tellsthestorybehindthisremarkablepartnership,andtracestheevolutionofShepard’swork,fromhisfirsttentativesketchestotheillustrationsweknowandlove,includingthecharacters’laterincarnationsbytheartistsatWaltDisneyStudios.Astunningandrarecollection,filledwithsomenever-before-publishedsketchesandthefirstillustrationofPooh,TheArtofWinnie-the-Poohisatreasuretroveofearlyartandanexclusivebehind-the-scenespeekatthecreationofPoohbearandHundredAcreWood—directfromtheartist’sestate—thatissuretobecomeacherishedkeepsakefordevotedfansandreaderswhogrewupwiththesetimelesscharacters.