One thing I am eternally grateful to my mum for is her instilling a love of books and reading in me early on. She made it fun. Thanks, Mum! Here are a list of 9 children’s books I remember loving when I was a little kid.
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9 Books I Remember Loving As a Small Child
Friday, January 23rd, 2009Winnie-the-Pooh and the Auction Record
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
I love Winnie-the-Pooh. Who wouldn’t love the “tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff”? Apparently somebody loves him a whole lot!
An auction record was set at Sotheby’s yesterday when a collection of E.H. Shepard’s original drawings for A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books sold for approximately £1.3 million ($2 million USD), well above the estimated sale amount. Shepard’s drawing “He went on tracking, and Piglet … ran after him,” also sold at more than double the estimated sales price at £115,250 - a record sales amount for a drawing by a British artist.
The popular image of Christopher Robin dragging Pooh by the leg up the stairs, bumped bidders up to the final sales price of £97,250. Again, the final sale price beat expectations.
These sales amounts are a bit surprising given the recent downturn in the fine art market.
Perhaps comfort can be found in cuddly teddy bears after all.