This book chronicles the remarkable relationship between an illustrator and an author who together brought to life some of the most beloved characters in children's literature. In fact, winnie-the-pooh and his friends in the hundred acre wood began their lives in the unique collaboration between A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard. This book tells the story of how the two intertwined words and images together in ways that were truly original at the time.