Richard Robinson, president and CEO of Scholastic Inc., the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, said that a great children's text contains a simple idea and original, it is written with humor and makes the world more interesting. Despite being published in 1928, AA Milne's The House At Pooh Corner remains an impressive children's text. The text meets the criteria established by Richard Robinson and was able to do so through the good use of literary elements such as style, themes and characters. Some examples of this can be linked to the works of various developmental theorists such as Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky and Erik Erikson. Most children like humor and other "fun things" in general. The tone of the text is quite funny, however most of the humor is found in the language and dialogue. There are often misspelled words in dialogue and this happens when a character learns a new word and tries to use it without knowing the correct spelling and sometimes even the full meaning. "'And it's no good looking at the Six Pines for Piglet...because he's been organized into a special place of his own.'" (P37) The spelling of "organized" is incorrect and the second part of the dialogue does not they make too much sense and that's because Pooh just learned the word from Rabbit. This is an example of learning through interaction with others and is particularly mentioned in Lev Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development. Vygotsky believed that knowledge is not formed by an individual, but through social interactions with other people. Even made-up, nonsensical words make children laugh. These words are mostly found in Pooh's quirky but funny poems. “It is a sort of s... means of paper... text useful to children for its simple educational purposes. Last but not least, the characters are the "icing on the cake", they make the text even more enjoyable for children and make everything more interesting. Through the good use of literary elements such as style, theme and characters, AA Milne has managed to make The House at Pooh Corner still a very popular and outstanding children's text. Works CitedScholastic, Scholastic Worldwide, 2014 http://www.scholastic. com.au/corporate/worldwide.asp [accessed 20/05/14]Q. Abrams, What makes a great children's book? We Have Some Answers, 2012, http://publishingperspectives.com/2012/06/what-makes-a-childrens-book-great-we-have-some-answers/ [accessed 05/21/14]Vygotsky vs Piaget, class handout sheetPiaget's stages of cognitive development, class handout sheetErik Erikson, class handout sheet