Saturday, October 17, 2015, 2 p.m.
Program Location:
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Auditorium
Join Kathryn Aalto (The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest That Inspired the Hundred Acre Woods) for a journey into one of the most iconic settings in children's literature: the Hundred Acre Wood, inspired by Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England. It is here where A. A. Milne lived and set the tender adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh and his merry band of friends. Learn about Milne's extraordinary childhood and how he and illustrator E. H. Shepard became the Lennon–McCartney of classic children's literature. A landscape historian, designer, and writer, Kathryn will present a lively, visually-rich talk and describe how the books are a field guide for the free-range child and a hymn to those days of doing nothing, yet learning everything.
Kathryn Aalto is an American landscape designer, historian, writer, and speaker living in Exeter. She has master’s degrees in garden history and creative nonfiction (with a particular interest in literary landscapes). For many years, she taught American Literature of Nature and Place in the Pacific Northwest. Passionate about walking and natural history, she recently walked the Coast-to-Coast Path across England with her family. She is a member of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, the Garden Writers Association, the Garden History Society, and a pre-registered member of the Society of Garden Designers
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