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Winnie-the-Pooh

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The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday.

161 pages, Hardcover

First published October 14, 1926

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A.A. Milne

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Alan Alexander Milne (pronounced /ˈmɪln/) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems.

A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London, to parents Vince Milne and Sarah Marie Milne (née Heginbotham) and grew up at Henley House School, 6/7 Mortimer Road (now Crescent), Kilburn, a small public school run by his father. One of his teachers was H. G. Wells who taught there in 1889–90. Milne attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied on a mathematics scholarship. While there, he edited and wrote for Granta, a student magazine. He collaborated with his brother Kenneth and their articles appeared over the initials AKM. Milne's work came to the attention of the leading British humour magazine Punch, where Milne was to become a contributor and later an assistant editor.

Milne joined the British Army in World War I and served as an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and later, after a debilitating illness, the Royal Corps of Signals. He was discharged on February 14, 1919.

After the war, he wrote a denunciation of war titled Peace with Honour (1934), which he retracted somewhat with 1940's War with Honour. During World War II, Milne was one of the most prominent critics of English writer P. G. Wodehouse, who was captured at his country home in France by the Nazis and imprisoned for a year. Wodehouse made radio broadcasts about his internment, which were broadcast from Berlin. Although the light-hearted broadcasts made fun of the Germans, Milne accused Wodehouse of committing an act of near treason by cooperating with his country's enemy. Wodehouse got some revenge on his former friend by creating fatuous parodies of the Christopher Robin poems in some of his later stories, and claiming that Milne "was probably jealous of all other writers.... But I loved his stuff."

He married Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt in 1913, and their only son, Christopher Robin Milne, was born in 1920. In 1925, A. A. Milne bought a country home, Cotchford Farm, in Hartfield, East Sussex. During World War II, A. A. Milne was Captain of the Home Guard in Hartfield & Forest Row, insisting on being plain 'Mr. Milne' to the members of his platoon. He retired to the farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 left him an invalid and by August 1953 "he seemed very old and disenchanted".

He was 74 years old when he passed away in 1956.

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August 18, 2024
Cheerfully magical.....

Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, Eeyore, Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Christopher Robin all have adventures in the Hundred Acre Woods.

This is another book on the list of 100 Books to Read Before You Die According to the BBC: https://www.listchallenges.com/bbcs-t...

First of all, this book is magic. In my typical fashion, I read this book using a technique called immersion reading, listening to the audiobook while following along in a text version. It was my LUCKY day because Amazon gave me a FREE audio version of this. Who doesn't like FREE stuff?! The audio version was so wonderful. The instrumental portions were so calming that it was as relaxing as yoga. Also, it was an incredible experience hearing the songs and the various sound effects like the bees buzzing. The physical copy was also a real treat. The illustrations are really top-notch and very well done. The book itself was really hilarious as well.

"How long does getting thin take? asked Pooh anxiously.
"About a week, I should think."

That's right. One week to be thin. I'm lovin' it. I have actually met the real Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends. No, for real. When I was stopping by The New York Public Library, they were on display in the children's section. You see Christopher Robin was a real boy, and he had these stuffed animals. A.A. Milne is Christopher Robin's father. Now if only I can get my father to write a best-selling immortal book about me.....

Overall, a heart warming, funny book that still brings joy after nearly 100 years.

To learn more about the real Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/...

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2,331 reviews11.3k followers
March 22, 2011
Winnie-the-Pooh, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Win-knee-the-Pooh: the tip of the lip taking a trip of three steps down the palate to return at four to kiss : Pooh. He was Pooh, plain Pooh, in the morning, standing eighteen inches in one sock. He was that scruffy old bear at school. He was Mr Winnie Pooh on the dotted line. But in my arms he was always Bear.
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1,203 reviews17.7k followers
November 8, 2024
Back in the fifties, one Christmas (1957), I had a mammoth case of the flu. But somehow for a little kid the world is always a place of wonder, no matter HOW bad he feels...

I remember reading the story of the Flying Dutchman in bed on Christmas Eve - with an incipient fever blackening the edges of my reverie, like the ominous apparition of a major typhoon darkening the edges of the sea.

So that, reading this book of the Dutchman’s restless quest became my last clear memory of that Christmas, otherwise shrouded in delirium.

The story stayed with me all through my life as the story of an unlucky guy who has to sail the Seven Seas of life to find the girl of his dreams...

Because that, as it turned out, became the story of my OWN life, painfully shy kid that I was!

But a few days later I was starting to feel better again.

My Mom, ever the librarian - with a kind, edifying heart - gave me a book about kids in France supporting the Resistance during the War.

Well, there was just no way I would read an ADULT book!

As I pulled the covers over me to settle down and read, I was holding my tattered copy of The House at Pooh Corner.

Well, I guess the children's aspirin I had been given had psychotropic effects, because as I read once again of Christopher Robin and Pooh's walk into the forest I fell asleep.

In my dream the immortal pair were walking through an ENCHANTED forest - full of fairies, princesses and trolls!

I LOVED this book. And it was not till much later that I learned the REAL Winnie-the-Pooh was Canadian, like me.

I kid you not.

The real Winnie, whose name was Winnipeg (like the city), was purchased in North Bay, Ontario, by a kindly veterinarian who had signed up with the Canadian Army in WWI as a horse doctor.

Winnipeg became the official mascot of the Second Canadian Infantry Brigade. When the vet was demobilised, he dropped Winnipeg off at the London Zoo before sailing back to Canada.

One day soon after, a young father named A.A. Milne took his son Christopher to the zoo, and showed him Winnipeg the Bear.

He read and spelled the bear's name to the young kid. But Christopher just squealed out, "Winnie the Pooh"!

And "therein", as Rabelais had it, "hangs a Tale"....
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Author 38 books15.3k followers
April 21, 2009
In which the animals meet a Hostile Reviewer, and Pooh invents a New Breakfast

One morning, Pooh and Piglet were walking through the Hundred Acre Wood, when they spied a strange Creature lying on the ground. As they got closer, they could see that it looked a bit like a very large Boy. But what was most remarkable was that someone had tied it down with hundreds of tiny ropes. It could hardly move a finger, and there was even something tied over its mouth.

"Mmf!" said the creature in a loud but rather stifled voice.

"Oh Pooh!" said Piglet nervously. "Do you think it's a... a Heffalump?"

Pooh walked around it carefully.

"No," he said at last, "I don't think it's a Heffalump. I think it's a kind of Woozle, and it's playing Gulliverstravels."

"Mmf!" said the creature again.

"You see," said Pooh, "I was right. Well, if he is a Swift fan, I happen to have a little Hum, based on that well-known piece, A Modest Proposal, which I'm sure he will like."

He cleared his throat, and was just about to start Humming, when who should turn up but Christopher Robin and Rabbit.

"Look, Christopher Robin!" said Pooh. "We've found a Woozle, and we're playing Gulliverstravels!"

Christopher Robin looked at the creature on the ground.

"Silly old bear!" he said affectionately. "That's not a Woozle! That's a Hostile Reviewer. Rabbit, I don't suppose you might know how he got here?"

"Well," said Rabbit modestly, "it's possible that my friends and relations had something to do with it. They were rather tired of certain comments they had seen on Goodreads. But I think we could remove that gag at least."

The Reviewer did indeed seem very Hostile. He glared at them for a while, and then muttered something about "one star" and "pouring sugar down your throat".

"Oh yes!" said Pooh eagerly. "You're right! I've tried it many times, and the sugar just gets into the Tickliest Places. That's why I prefer Honey." And then he suddenly became very quiet, because he had had a Good Idea.

"We need to Do Something," said Rabbit, paying him no attention. "I have made a List of Suggestions." He took out a piece of paper.

"First, we could ask Tigger to Bounce him."

"Tigger doesn't always Follow Orders," said Christopher Robin.

"Second, we could roll him in Eeyore's Thistly Patch."

"It would spoil the thistles," said Christopher Robin.

"Third, we could ask Owl to write an Angry Comment."

"I'm not sure," said Christopher Robin, "that Owl's broadband connection is working after the recent Blustery Day."

"Fourth, we could play Poohsticks with him. I thought I would ask Pooh... now where is he? He was here a few minutes ago."

And indeed, Pooh was nowhere to be seen. But a moment later, they heard his voice, and then he came around a tree, carrying a large tray.

"Look!" said Pooh, rather out of breath. "It suddenly came to me. You melt the sugar, and dip biscuits in it, and then you wait for them to cool and spread them with honey and condensed milk. Kanga helped me. I'm calling it Hostile Reviewer's Breakfast."

"Ah yes!" said Christopher Robin. "That's what we're going to do!"

So they untied the reviewer, and they all sat down and ate Hostile Reviewer's Breakfast together until there was not a crumb left, and the Reviewer's review was covered in sticky stars. And everyone agreed that they had never eaten anything quite so delicious in all their lives.

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Author 7 books14.7k followers
October 2, 2017
“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”

Since Winnie-the-Pooh is my favourite Disney movie, I decided to read book it's based on. Turns out it is one of my favourite books.
It is so absolutely sweet and filled with smart humor. What I like most about Winnie-the-Pooh is this melancholic feeling you get while reading. I just really really love it so much. I will forever read this to my future children (or dogs. Depends.)

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3,850 reviews1,301 followers
January 20, 2022
Delightful! The first time I've ever read it! This book / series will live for ever. This is the one with Eeyore's tale, the coming of Kanga and Roo, finding the North Pole, the great flood and many more. A remarkable timeless piece of work, originally published in 1926! 9 out of 12

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April 23, 2022
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh #1), A.A. Milne

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) is the first volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, written by A. A. Milne and illustrated by E. H. Shepard.

The book focuses on the adventures of a teddy bear called Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends Piglet, a small toy pig; Eeyore, a toy donkey; Owl, a live owl; and Rabbit, a live rabbit. The characters of Kanga, a toy kangaroo, and her son Roo are introduced later in the book, in the chapter entitled "In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest and Piglet has a Bath".

The bouncy toy-tiger character of Tigger is not introduced until the sequel, The House at Pooh Corner.

تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز نهم ماه آگوست سال2010میلادی

عنوان: وینی پو؛ نویسنده: آلن الکساندر میلن؛ مترجم: میرعلی غروی؛ مصطفی مشهدی زاده؛ تهران، شهر کتاب، هرمس؛ (کیمیا)؛ سال1384؛ در86ص، شابک9789643632519؛ موضوع: داستانهای خیال انگیز برای کودکان از نویسندگان بریتانیا - سده20م

وینی-د-پو یا «وینی پو» که «پو خرسه» نیز نامیده می‌شود، نام خرسی داستانی است که توسط «آ.آ میلن»، نویسندهٔ انگلیسی داستان‌های کودکان آفریده شده‌ است؛ نخستین کتاب از این سری چهارگانه داستان‌های «وینی پو» در سال1926میلادی، با عنوان «وینی-د-پو» به چاپ رسید، و به‌ دنبال آن در سال1928میلادی کتاب دیگری از این مجموعه به نام «د-هاوس-آو-د-پو-کورنر» منتشر شد؛ تصویرگری این کتاب‌ها را «ای.اچ شپرد» انجام داده بود؛ کمپانی «والت دیزنی» سری داستان‌های «پو» را در قالب «انیمیشن» درآورد، و با حذف خط‌های پیوند (��ایفن)، نام آن را از «وینی-د-پو» به «وینی د پو» تغییر داد؛ این فیلم‌های پویانمایی با پیشواز بینشگران روبرو شد و به یکی از موفق‌ترین کارهای «دیزنی» بدل گردید؛ داستان‌های «پو» به زبان‌های بسیاری نیز ترجمه شده‌ است که از این میان می‌توان به ترجمهٔ لاتین این داستان توسط «الکساندر لنارد» در1958میلادی اشاره کرد؛

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 21/03/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 02/02/1401هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
September 29, 2015
I got four matching hardback books today:

When We Were Very Young
Now We Are Six
Winnie-the-Pooh and
The House at Pooh Corner.

I was going to put some ribbon around them and sell them as a set, but I got lost in reading The King's Breakfast (and loving Shepard's illustrations) aloud. I don't really want to sell the book now. I want to have kiddies come into the shop and on the pretext of perhaps making a sale from the parents reading the poems aloud. Most of the parents won't be impressed though, they prefer the Disney version ;-( And the kids - they are more into Peppa Pig and Doc McStuffins these days.

The King asked
The Queen, and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
"Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?"
The Queen asked the Dairymaid,
The Dairymaid
Said, "Certainly,
I'll go and tell the cow
Now
Before she goes to bed."

The Dairymaid
She curtsied,
And went and told the Alderney:
"Don't forget the butter for
The Royal slice of bread."

The Alderney said sleepily:
"You'd better tell
His Majesty
That many people nowadays
Like marmalade
Instead."

The Dairymaid
Said "Fancy!"
And went to
Her Majesty.
She curtsied to the Queen, and
She turned a little red:
"Excuse me,
Your Majesty,
For taking of
The liberty,
But marmalade is tasty, if
It's very
Thickly
Spread."

The Queen said
"Oh!"
And went to his Majesty:
"Talking of the butter for
The royal slice of bread,
Many people
Think that
Marmalade
Is nicer.
Would you like to try a little
Marmalade
Instead?"

The King said,
"Bother!"
And then he said,
"Oh, deary me!"
The King sobbed, "Oh, deary me!"
And went back to bed.
"Nobody,"
He whimpered,
"Could call me
A fussy man;
I only want
A little bit
Of butter for
My bread!"

The Queen said,
"There, there!"
And went to
The Dairymaid.
The Dairymaid
Said, "There, there!"
And went to the shed.
The cow said,
"There, there!
I didn't really
Mean it;
Here's milk for his porringer
And butter for his bread."

The queen took the butter
And brought it to
His Majesty.
The King said
"Butter, eh?"
And bounced out of bed.
"Nobody," he said,
As he kissed her
Tenderly,
"Nobody," he said,
As he slid down
The banisters,
"Nobody,
My darling,
Could call me
A fussy man -
BUT
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread!"
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4,179 reviews38.2k followers
January 16, 2018
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne was my favorite book series as a child. Later, when my own kids sat listening to the adventures of Christopher Robin, Pooh Bear, Piglet, and Eeyore, and the gang, it was a little bit of a shock to discover this series, with its charming stories, are not just for kids.

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference

I enjoyed sharing these stories with my own children, loving the chance - or excuse- to read them all over again, struck by the humor, and the clever rhymes, and diversity of the characters. This ode to childhood and friendship is poignant for the adults, but has brought extreme joy to children for nearly a century- which is a testament to their agelessness.

Spying this book at the library, this past week, I couldn't resist checking it out. This time, with my children grown and living their own lives, I have no 'excuse' to read these stories again, but you know what? You don't need a reason or excuse to read these classic, delightful adventures. Winnie the Pooh and his cohorts tug at the hearts of both young and old alike!

What better way to spend a cold, dreary day than with Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, being reminded of the many hours of joy they gave you and the great memories they bring back of special times spent reading these books to my own children?

Maybe the best thing, though, is seeing these diverse characters stand the test of time, and feeling at peace knowing these special and gentle stories will continue to delight children and their parents for many more generations to come!!

5 stars
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1,723 reviews225 followers
January 25, 2023
Classic!

This is the classic Winnie-the-Pooh with Christopher Robin and all the other friends in this group.

Pooh and his friends get into lots of interesting scrapes with each other, the book is hilarious and fun to read.

Go back to your childhood and read a classic.

Highly recommended.

Five fantastic stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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298 reviews157 followers
July 17, 2008
The Winnie the Pooh books are great because everyone has some sort of problem. Pooh is painfully naïve, Piglet is neurotic, Owl is a narcissist, Eeyore has major depression, Tigger is hyperactive, Rabbit is a sociopath, and Kanga needs to spend an afternoon with The Feminine Mystique. It's good for kids to learn that pretty much anyone you meet will have some sort of major problem.

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April 18, 2018
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Can you believe Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne is almost 100 years old? I was shocked when I found out... I thought it was from the 1950s or 1960s... nonetheless, it's an amazing memory. So many fun characters, great childhood moment and even some adult ones come from these books and the subsequent mass market media that came from them. It always had me wondering... what exactly is a "pooh," as in bear... Christopher Robin's made-up name, so it seems, came from a childhood bear and the name of a swan. Interesting... I also never knew when I read this years ago that it was from an entire series. I'm sure I read more, but I don't know specifically which ones! I'm sure we've all seen some adaption of this childhood favorite. Kids love animals. Kids love talking animals. Kids love stuffed toys. It's just perfect for them.

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Author 7 books14.7k followers
December 18, 2017
“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”


I will forever be in love with these books. The sweetness and melancholy get me every single time. I don't know where Milne takes all the beautiful words, the laughing-out-loud humor and the ideas from. I am in awe.

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1,606 reviews7,051 followers
September 4, 2021
Gosh this took me right back! Wonderful book, wonderful memories!
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1,221 reviews9,802 followers
November 22, 2020
3 Stars

I am pretty sure I read this book when I was a kid and loved it. I figured it would be a great book to read out loud to my kids. Unfortunately it ended up being a somewhat painful book to read out loud.

While the stories are cute and memorable, the writing and dialogue is frequently convoluted and confusing. There is such and excess of run-on sentences that Milne even breaks the fourth wall at one point to comment about run-on sentences. Also, there is random capitalization throughout the book - which I don't think would be much of an issue reading silently to myself, but I never realized how much my brain would use capitalization as a visual cue to decide how I would say something out loud. Every chapter was stopping, restarting, apologizing to the kids, etc. All of this ended up tainting family reading time a bit.

My daughter pointed out that one of these stories is in her third grade reader. After this refresher, I fear that this book might promote some bad reading and grammar habits in kids just learning to read.

A classic, sure, but just not as fantastical and fun as I remember. I feel like being exhausted at the end of every chapter because of the writing is not a great thing.
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1,122 reviews47.1k followers
September 10, 2018
Winnie-the-Pooh is so much fun. It has all the things that make for a fantastic children’s story.

Like The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Harry Potter there is a hidden world (a much better world) on the fringes of our own. Enter a wardrobe, a platform or a tree and you are on the cusp of something grand. It’s pure escapism. However, for all that, the Pooh stories are very simply written. Unlike the two books I just mentioned, I don’t think there’s much beyond the basic humorous moments in this series.

So I don’t have much to add, other than to say, they are a delight for young readers. I loved them as a child, and I enjoyed my re-read before going to the cinema to watch Disney’s recent film Christopher Robin. And it is such a clever movie because of its fantastic use of the characters to tell an endearingly funny story about how easy it is to become wrapped up in work, and to forget what's important in life. If you liked Pooh as a child, I sincerely recommend watching it. It made me feel nostalgic and warm inside, and even made me appreciate this book a little more.

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2,873 reviews36k followers
December 19, 2021
What a beautiful stroll down memory lane!

Winnie the Pooh is a classic and a personal favorite of mine. I still have my stuffed Winne the Pooh that I had as a child and I have no idea how many times I watched the Winnie-the-Pooh videos with my son when he was little. Needless to say, when I saw this was offered as an audiobook, I had to scoop it up!

Hats off to the narrator who I thought did an amazing job with the voices and bringing life to Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh and all of A. A. Milne's beloved characters. My ears and heart were equally happy listening to this classic tale. A wonderful book/audio book for the young and the young-at-heart.

Pooh fans will not be disappointed in fact; I believe you will be as delighted as I was!

Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

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2,811 reviews1,439 followers
May 10, 2018
There is nothing I can say that does this book justice. It is a work of art. The word play is stupendous. It is funny from start to finish. It is perfect for both adults and kids. Although the lines and the vocabulary are actually better suited to adults, it works exceedingly well for both. By first entertaining and amusing the adults, it pushes them to talk and explain to their kids what may be difficult for them to understand. Kids know when their parents are enjoying themselves and then they have fun too! A totally enjoyable shared reading experience is the result. I listened to this with my husband, with not a child in sight, and we both loved it from start to finish.

We listened to the unabridged and unaltered audiobook version narrated by Peter Dennis. It is the only version authorized by A.A. Milne's son, Christopher Robin. The audiobook is performed with both talent and skill. The intonations for each and every one of the characters are utterly perfect. The background side effects are delightful, as is the music softly played between chapters. You must hear Pooh's songs! The entire production cannot be improved upon.

Tell me. What does it say about me that Eeyore is and always has been my favorite of the nine friends—Christopher Robin, Pooh, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga and Baby Roo, Tiger, Piglet, Rabbit and his friends and relations? I bet even now, after perhaps many years having passed since you last read this, you will still be able to easily recall each one’s personality.

This book gets better every time I read it. Next time you want to read it, don’t read it. Instead, listen to it narrated by Peter Dennis. And do it soon. I guarantee you will not be disappointed!

So you think this simply child's play? It isn’t.

What was it like to be Christopher Robin?I can recommend these three books:
The Enchanted Places
The Path through the Trees
The Hollow On The Hill: The Search For A Personal Philosophy
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1,197 reviews270 followers
August 14, 2018
My children and grandchildren love Winnie the Pooh and I must admit so do I.
He's my favourite bear and there is so much wisdom in these books by A.A Milne.
The stories from my childhood never seem to age and are loved by many children today both big and small. Pure nostalgia. 🐻
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December 30, 2020
I set out to write a review of Winnie the Pooh and I will say that it’s so 2020 that good reads just deleted it. I will make this short and sweet. I loved the Magical World of Disney as a kid. Before Sunday night football, this was the best television Sunday night had to offer. Before streaming services and YouTube and dvds, there was video rentals and recording television shows on vcr. I recorded all of my favorite magical world of Disney movies and watched them over and over again. One of my favorites: the many adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Mary Poppins is my all time favorite Disney movie but I love Pooh bear and his friends. I watched the Disney version of the movies so many times I had them memorized, songs and scenes. To brighten up my 2020, I have gone back and read the classic books that are nearly one hundred years old to match the number of acres in the now iconic wood.

Christopher Robin was A.A. Milne’s son. They visited the London zoo many times and saw a bear named Winnie. The story goes that Winnie befriended some Canadian soldiers training for World War I and followed them on the boat to England. She needed a new home and ended up in the London zoo so many children and their parents could visit her. Hence, Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh might have been stuffed with fluff but he knew what he wanted. He was Christopher Robin’s best friend before he started school, and the two enjoyed long chats at both the house at Pooh Corners and all throughout the hundred acre wood. This is friendship at its most innocent before the mind is filled with what Pooh’s friends call knowledge. Before there were factors and history, Christopher Robin had Pooh; for him this childhood imagination was enough.

Pooh and best friend Piglet go on adventures, often accompanied by Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and little Roo. In this second book, they are introduced to Tigger. We all know the song: the wonderful thing about Tiggers is that Tiggers are wonderful things. The song might not be in this book, but Tigger’s nonstop joie de vivre is. He meets Pooh and Piglet when they are stuck in a huffalump trap. He bounces himself and Roo up a tree only to be afraid to get down. His excessive energy drives Rabbit crazy; Rabbit can’t stand the bouncing and fun as he is more serious. Rabbit’s modus operandi here and in the televised version is to rid the hundred acre wood of Tigger. In an act of peer pressure, he invites Pooh and Piglet to go in with him in his plan, only to have it backfire. It is the one instance where I, who has always clearly been in Tigger’s camp, actually felt sorry for Rabbit. Milne used this as an instance of showing empathy for others, most likely so that his son would understand other kids before he started school. I appreciated this; however, I still love Tigger and all his bouncing.

Pooh is still the star of the show. He needs his little something of honey at eleven each morning. He thinks up songs and rhymes to accompany each of his adventures, often honoring his friends. In this book, Pooh introduces Pooh sticks to the world, and everyone loves the game, even Roo. Eeyore actually wins more time than everyone else, an instance that is sure to bring a smile to one’s face. Pooh and Piglet build Eeyore a new house- that looks exactly like his old one. In another chapter that the movie depicted perfectly, Pooh and Piglet join Owl for tea on an extremely blustery day. While they are there, Owl displays his knowledge and Pooh and Piglet start to fall asleep, and then Owl’s house blows over. Piglet gets Christopher Robin to help, being that he is a small animal, and a search party goes to look for a new house for Owl. Eeyore finds the perfect one, that happens to be Piglet’s house. Piglet graciously gives up his house, only to have Pooh offer to have Piglet come live with him. Christopher Robin is so touched that he throws a party honoring Pooh and Piglet. The party is only in the movie, but I can see it in my mind as I read the end of this touching scene, that is true friendship at its finest.

While in 2020, we did not get to connect with our friends all that much, we did connect with our literary friends to ease the pain of being along. By reading through A.A. Milne’s classic volumes, I have been brought back to a flood of childhood memories: all the times I watched the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the subsequent Blustery Day movie. I returned to the one hundred acre wood and the world of Pooh bear and his friends. I felt sorry for Eeyore’s gloom and became giddy when Tigger entered the equation. I wonder if this is how a pre school aged Christopher Robin felt about his father’s writing as well. I have the last two books about Pooh bear to read in 2021. It will be time spent with good friends.

🐻 5 stars🍯 🐷 🦉 🐰 🦘 🐯
February 11, 2022
I just read "Winnie the Pooh" for the first time. I am old, but my copy of the book is older than me. What can I say about it that hasn't been said already? I'll give you my take on it. This was clearly written either as a funny story to read to a child or it was written by somebody that was on drugs or a bit insane! It did, however, make me laugh in my head at times.

My copy had a few illustrations which played with my head at times. Chrisopher Robin, in the illustrations, looked like a little girl due to the cut of his hair and style of dress. But that was okay for the time period in which it was written. That is not to say they had the gender issues they have today. That was just how things were back then.

My copy of the book that was first printed in 1926 was published in 1947, which was the 200th printing, so this book must still have some appeal even today.
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667 reviews1,150 followers
October 6, 2011
Celebrity Death Match versus Heart of Darkness.
Dear Christopher Robin,
Your father and I miss you but we feel that it would be best if you spent the remainder of the summer at camp, as previously agreed. You quit the boy scouts, band and your newspaper route to spend more time with those... things. Really, my son, you are much too told to play with... stuffed animals. To think, all my friends in the bridge meetings have all-star athlete sons and honor roll daughters to brag about. I have Christopher Robin. You may be a hero in your bedroom, in the night, but I have to make up things about you to boast about. How you saved your friend, E., from getting lost in the woods. Or your friend W. who flew into the tree tops on too many hot air balloons. The tales are getting quite ridiculous. You should make regular old human boy friends (you aren't gay, are you? Your father thinks that maybe...). It is about time. I have put up your toys for sale in a garage sale and a nice man named Kurtz came to purchase them. He gave me a very nice ivory musical instrument set in exchange for them. I bragged for a month of bridge meetings about that coup! Well, we'll see you at the end of the summer. Please, at least try to get a tan. Your legs in those ridiculous little boy shorts are much too pale.
Love,
Mum
Dear Christopher Robin,
I have lost the passage of time at the bottom of this trunk. I don't know where we are going, only that I am scared. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Oh dear. Tigger is not himself. He is snarling at me. Winnie is off his pot and it's not honey! I... I don't know how to tell you this... By the time you read this I am not be a let of a pig myself... They ate roo and rabbit. Kurtz is his name. He eats. He smells. He ripped the heads off of monkeys and oh dear, we are not in the 100 acre wood any more. I fear so much that I shall become like Eeyore, who took his own life. Kanga had not a pep talk to pull out of her pouch for him. Wise Old Owl only advises that we must make do with our new great leader. I have not forsaken you. I tremble, and I shake... Oh dear, oh dear. Why must the fate of our world depend on my little shoulders?
Help!
Piglet
Dear mom and dad,
I hope that you have given up on finding me. I was never the golden boy you wanted me to be. Only with my stuffed animal menagerie could I come off as wiser and smarter that I needed me to be. A lot has happened since last year. I ditched the canoes and the wedgies and bug juice for real bugs and canoes and wedgies (you haven't had a wedgie until the humidity lodges the whole elastic band up tight in your ass crack) in the jungle and sweet, sweet revenge. You would have been in awe if you could have heard my summation in the end, the sweet justification for my brutal actions. It is the law of the jungle. Silly old bear, I will kill Kurtz and take his fiancee for myself (No, mom I am not gay). His followers I had killed and stuffed. Now they worship me too.
Love,
your son.
Winner: Winnie the Pooh
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June 18, 2008
Lovely.

I was shocked by how melancholy the book allowed itself to become at the end. And how much that melancholy affected me, but as far as I'm concerned "A little boy and his bear will always be playing." Might be the most hopeful line to end a book in the English language.
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666 reviews1,183 followers
June 25, 2022
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”

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I grew up with the animated film versions of Pooh, but hadn't read A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, the book from which all the charming stories of Pooh and Christopher Robin and their adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood sprang. The stories themselves were, of course, very recognizable, but there was something more that didn't make it into the films that kept me reading and enjoying this. 4.25 stars
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326 reviews8,253 followers
October 9, 2021
Me: “This was purely research for my book!”

Narrator’s Voiceover: “And this was the moment when Carolyn lied to herself. It wasn’t “purely research!”

😉

All jokes aside, my love for Pooh and the other inhabitants of the 100 acre wood has only grown since first meeting them as a child!

My deepest thanks to A. A. Milne and E. H. Shephard!
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453 reviews
September 25, 2017
So beautifully and so simply written (deceptively so) by A.A. Milne and exquisitely illustrated by E.H. Shepard (initially black/white line drawings and later colour washed by Shepard himself).

These are the stories of a boy and his bear, his world and all the wonderful characters that inhabit that world – 100 Acre Wood, his childhood and ultimately the passing of that childhood.

What could have been (especially considering the era in which they were written) a particularly twee, sickly sweet and very dated collection of stories of childhood, is as about as far from that as it could possibly be. Both collections have certainly stood the test of time extremely well.

At the heart of A.A. Milne’s wonderful collections: ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ and ‘The House at Pooh Corner’ – is of course Pooh, who is such a wonderfully created character – a ‘bear of very little brain’, but a bear who is undeniably wise, funny, loyal, paradoxically clever, who does many brave and wonderful things; a bear who makes mistakes and gets things wrong, but is always forgiven; a bear who is both selfish and greedy (see Honey) and yet kind and thoughtful; a bear who above all else (and clichéd though it may be) lovable.

Let us not forget though the lovely cast of supporting characters, including the timid and excitable Piglet, wise (although not) Owl, morose and self-pitying Eeyore, Kango, Roo, Rabbit (and friends and relations) and many others. In these characters, we see ourselves, we all know and Eeyore, the same as we all know a Rabbit – we are all in there somewhere, in some shape or form.

A.A. Milnes Winnie-the-Pooh stories are just so simply and so well written, both collections are timeless classics – from the opening lines to the closing ones from the profoundly moving last chapter:

“…So, they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing”

There is so much more I could write about these books, but it doesn’t feel that I am really conveying quite how wonderful these stories are, I am not doing them justice – what A.A. Milne along with E.H. Shepard have given us is something very special. Both of these collections are classics in every sense of the word.

Not to mention the funny, moving and sometime life affirming quotes from ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’

“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
“If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”

In summation – just read them.
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November 15, 2020
Winnie the Pooh. I grew up watching the cartoon and the movies on the Magical World of Disney. I watched them so many times that I have them etched in my memory, the accents of the characters and songs included. My middle daughter, although not a strong reader, loves bears. When she was younger, my parents bought her the set of Pooh books in an attempt to stimulate her reading. Her name is there on the inside cover in purple marker, but I don’t think anyone ever read them. Needing comfort reads on a rainy weekend , I decided to open the first book and visit the Hundred Acre Woods. For an hour I got to escape to the world of Pooh, Piglet, Christopher Robin, and friends and forget about everything going on in the world. That is what childhood favorites are all about , and I am so lucky to have this set of classics on my bookshelf so I can return to Pooh’s world whenever I want.

5 stars 🐻 🍯 🌳 🐷 🦉 🐰 🦘 👦🏻
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453 reviews
September 25, 2017
So beautifully and so simply written (deceptively so) by A.A. Milne and exquisitely illustrated by E.H. Shepard (initially black/white line drawings and later colour washed by Shepard himself).

These are the stories of a boy and his bear, his world and all the wonderful characters that inhabit that world – 100 Acre Wood, his childhood and ultimately the passing of that childhood.

What could have been (especially considering the era in which they were written) a particularly twee, sickly sweet and very dated collection of stories of childhood, is as about as far from that as it could possibly be. Both collections have certainly stood the test of time extremely well.

At the heart of A.A. Milne’s wonderful collections: ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ and ‘The House at Pooh Corner’ – is of course Pooh, who is such a wonderfully created character – a ‘bear of very little brain’, but a bear who is undeniably wise, funny, loyal, paradoxically clever, who does many brave and wonderful things; a bear who makes mistakes and gets things wrong, but is always forgiven; a bear who is both selfish and greedy (see Honey) and yet kind and thoughtful; a bear who above all else (and clichéd though it may be) lovable.

Let us not forget though the lovely cast of supporting characters, including the timid and excitable Piglet, wise (although not) Owl, morose and self-pitying Eeyore, Kango, Roo, Rabbit (and friends and relations) and many others. In these characters, we see ourselves, we all know and Eeyore, the same as we all know a Rabbit – we are all in there somewhere, in some shape or form.

A.A. Milnes Winnie-the-Pooh stories are just so simply and so well written, both collections are timeless classics – from the opening lines to the closing ones from the profoundly moving last chapter:
“…So, they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing”

There is so much more I could write about these books, but it doesn’t feel that I am really conveying quite how wonderful these stories are, I am not doing them justice – what A.A. Milne along with E.H. Shepard have given us is something very special. Both of these collections are classics in every sense of the word.

Not to mention the funny, moving and sometime life affirming quotes from ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’

“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
“If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”

In summation – just read them.
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125 reviews95 followers
January 31, 2016
Whenever I think of Winnie-the-Pooh, I think of an incredibly sweet melancholy. Like, A.A Milne is not allowed to make me feel these feels in the form of a children's story book!

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you."

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”

"Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them."

"What day is it?"
"It's today," squeaked Piglet.
"My favorite day," said Pooh."


See what I mean? It's so freakin' sweet! And as an adult, you actually realize that A.A Milne is dishing out some pretty fantastic advice on life. I urge everyone who hasn't already to get lost in The Hundred Acre Wood, because it's thoughtful and seriously cute.
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