Book 63 - A.A.Milne "Winnie The Pooh"
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jazzy_daveA.A.Milne "Winnie The Pooh" (Little Mammoth 1973)
One of the free books i found in the Healthy Planet charity shop. You can pick three books for free from them and they have a store in Brighton and Ashford. Their motto is that a book should have a good home rather than go to a landfill site.
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne (with illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard) tells of the many adventures of a stuffed bear, Winnie the Pooh, and his companions in the Hundred Acre Wood. The framework for the novel is that the stories included are being told by the narrator to his son, Christopher Robin, and these stories all revolve around the various adventures of Christopher Robin’s stuffed animals. Over the course of the book, Pooh and his plush friends participate in ten different adventures, ranging from the opening story of Pooh trying to steal honey from a swarm of bees to Christopher Robin leading his companions on an “expotition” to the North Pole. The book ends with Christopher Robin throwing a party for Pooh to celebrate his heroic efforts to save Piglet from his flooded home.
One of the first surprises in store for new readers is the fact that “Winnie the Pooh” is not actually the name of Christopher Robin’s famous little plush toy: his real, original name is “Edward Bear” (though he is whimsically christened “Winnie-ther-Pooh” in the first chapter of the book). Notably absent from the book is the character of Tigger, whose bouncy, frenetic character seems to be ubiquitously present in all other presentations of Pooh. As an adult reading these stories for the first time, it is interesting to note all the distinct character archetypes that Milne has created: good-natured Pooh, nervous Piglet, self-pitying Eeyore, short-tempered Rabbit, almost-wise Owl, maternal Kanga, and infantile Roo. All readers will gravitate towards a specific character and recognize character traits of others within Milne’s cast.
Milne’s book is a treasure, and maintains a uniquely whimsical tone that is lost in Disney’s adaptations of the Winnie the Pooh stories. Readers will recognize subtle nudges and winks from the author directed towards more mature (adult) readers, even though the text was obviously created with young children in mind. It is easy to see why so many return “back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh” through the pages of A.A. Milne’s lovely, touching collection of stories. It was also a wonderful nostalgic trip to my childhood days.
One of the free books i found in the Healthy Planet charity shop. You can pick three books for free from them and they have a store in Brighton and Ashford. Their motto is that a book should have a good home rather than go to a landfill site.
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne (with illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard) tells of the many adventures of a stuffed bear, Winnie the Pooh, and his companions in the Hundred Acre Wood. The framework for the novel is that the stories included are being told by the narrator to his son, Christopher Robin, and these stories all revolve around the various adventures of Christopher Robin’s stuffed animals. Over the course of the book, Pooh and his plush friends participate in ten different adventures, ranging from the opening story of Pooh trying to steal honey from a swarm of bees to Christopher Robin leading his companions on an “expotition” to the North Pole. The book ends with Christopher Robin throwing a party for Pooh to celebrate his heroic efforts to save Piglet from his flooded home.
One of the first surprises in store for new readers is the fact that “Winnie the Pooh” is not actually the name of Christopher Robin’s famous little plush toy: his real, original name is “Edward Bear” (though he is whimsically christened “Winnie-ther-Pooh” in the first chapter of the book). Notably absent from the book is the character of Tigger, whose bouncy, frenetic character seems to be ubiquitously present in all other presentations of Pooh. As an adult reading these stories for the first time, it is interesting to note all the distinct character archetypes that Milne has created: good-natured Pooh, nervous Piglet, self-pitying Eeyore, short-tempered Rabbit, almost-wise Owl, maternal Kanga, and infantile Roo. All readers will gravitate towards a specific character and recognize character traits of others within Milne’s cast.
Milne’s book is a treasure, and maintains a uniquely whimsical tone that is lost in Disney’s adaptations of the Winnie the Pooh stories. Readers will recognize subtle nudges and winks from the author directed towards more mature (adult) readers, even though the text was obviously created with young children in mind. It is easy to see why so many return “back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh” through the pages of A.A. Milne’s lovely, touching collection of stories. It was also a wonderful nostalgic trip to my childhood days.
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Date: 2014-07-02 08:26 am (UTC)I love Eeyore the best. Reminds me of Gyro (the man who used to live here) and Marvin the Paranoid Android in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy :)
I didn't get introduced to Winnie the Pooh until my mid-twenties, when I got it out of the library for my kids. What a deprived childhood I had! Hehe :)
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Date: 2014-07-02 08:46 am (UTC)I knew Gopher was added by Disney to the stories.
Pooh Bear ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2014-07-02 11:34 am (UTC)I don't know whether any of the charity/thrift shops in my area (Detroit, Michigan and environs) offer free books, but some neighborhoods have Free Libraries -- wooden cases on street corners where people can leave books or take books. They depend on people leaving books there, of course, but it seems to be working.
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Date: 2014-07-02 12:47 pm (UTC)*HUGS*
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