Alan Alexander Milne might never have written for children
had it not been for the birth of his son, Christopher Robin Milne, in 1920. Alan Alexandra Milne (Alan) born January 18th, 1882, was brought up in London in his father's School, Henley House. As he grew up he tried himself as a writer. He wrote detective stories. But after Christopher’s birth on the 21st August, 1920 he began to write childish verses those became very popular. He decided to write a children's book entitled "When We Were Young" published in 1924.