'Kanga' and 'Roo' was the childhood toy and companion of Anne Darlington. Anne Darlington (1919 - 1958), daughter of W.A. Darlington once drama critic for The Daily Telegraph and author of 'Alf's Button', was a great friend and inseparable companion to Christopher Robin Milne. The photographs sold with 'Kanga' and 'Roo' detail their friendship. A.A. Milne, who always wanted a daughter, came to love Anne as his own. He described some of Anne's adventures with Christopher in 'Now We Are Six' and dedicated the book of poems to her with the inscription '...because she is so speshal.'
...When Anne and I go out a walk,
We hold each other's hand and talk
Of all the things we mean to do
When Anne and I are forty-two