The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh

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The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (The Winnie-the-Pooh Series #1 to 4)

by A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator)

4.49 of 5 stars 4.49 · rating details · 16,352 ratings · 141 reviews

This 75th anniversary collector's edition presents Milne's complete stories and verse on Winnie the Pooh in one deluxe volume. Features a color bookplate, headbands, and foil stamping. Full color.

Hardcover, 557 pages

Published October 1st 2001 by Dutton Juvenile (first published 1970)

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Sep 21, 2011 Manny rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone

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It was a most enjoyable picnic. Pooh was just finishing the last bit of honey and licking around the edge of the pot in a Contented Way, when he suddenly realised that he was sitting on something. Something damp and squishy. Something...

"Oh bother!!" said Pooh. "Drat and bother and double bother!!! I've sat on two of Rabbit's Friends and Relations!...more

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Oct 04, 2011 Manny rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Pooh was getting rather tired of everyone ganging up on him, and he wondered if there was some way he could grab just a couple more votes. He suddenly thought of his old friend Vikki Blows. Now if he inserted the picture here...

"Oh, help!" said Pooh, as a half-dozen angry comments appeared on his screen.

"If only I hadn't--" he said, as a dozen even more angry message...more

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Oct 14, 2011 Bettie marked it as maybe

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We were washing up after tea. Well to be more precise, the crockery was making its own way to the suds in the sink, flying through the air with just the slightest little nose wiggle from Mary.

Mary: I have a Halloween face for my bout with fatso, do you like it?

Bettie: haha, that'll scare Team Pooh. Seriously though Mary, how DO you rate your chances against Christopher et al, they have a lot going for them in the 'aaaaaaaaw' department.

Mary: I have a little somet...more

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Oct 01, 2011 Manny rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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In which the animals go on a Second Expotition, and Pooh discovers that Not Everyone Likes Hums

There was a corner of the Hundred Acre Wood that the animals rarely visited. Even Eeyore found it too Sad and Gloomy, and it had more than its fair share of annoying insects. Owl, in his grand way, sometimes called it the Forest's Heart of Darkness, and that always made Pig...more

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Oct 01, 2011 ·Karen· rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Hush Hush! Whisper who dares!
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers.
God bless Mummy. I know that's right.
Ooh wasn't it funny at teatime tonight?

There was Tigger and Owl and Kanga and Roo
And Jozef Korzeniowski and Piglet and Pooh
And wasn't Joe greedy? Straight from the sea
He wolfed down the cake and left none for me.

And Owl kept on winking and shaking his head
But nodded...more

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May 01, 2011 Infinite Playlist rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mine, picturesque, creatures-animals, mood-funny, genre-children

Nicht zu vergleichen mit der Disney-Version! Die Zeichnungen sind noch viel niedlicher und der Humor ist um einiges schräger. Pooh selbst ist ziemlich verfressen und auch nicht gerade der Schlauste (wird auch immer wieder betont, dass er ein "bear of little brain" ist). Piglet ist ein richtiger kleiner Angsthase, der das gern überspielt, aber auch mal über sich hinauswachsen kann. Rabbit hingegen hat es faustdick hinter den Löffelohren und ist der Gemeinste der Waldbewohner. Owl hält sich für un...more

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Dec 03, 2007 Daniel rated it 5 of 5 stars

And then Piglet did a Noble Thing, and he did it in a sort of dream, while he was thinking of all the wonderful words Pooh had hummed about him.

"Yes, it's just the house for Owl," he said grandly. "And I hope he'll be very happy in it." And then he gulped twice, because he had been very happy in it himself.

"What do you think, Christopher Robin?" asked Eeyore a little anxiously, feeling that something wasn't quite right. Christopher Robin had a question to ask first, and he was wondering how to a...more

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Dec 01, 2010 Travis rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens-books, fiction

I can remember sitting in my closet with a flashlight and these stories as a child more vividly than most memories of the time. As kids we had most of them individually, so this complete collection is soooo nice to have in my library. My Daughter loves these just as much as I did and I hope she passes these time honored stories along to her kids as well. Thank-You Mr. Milne (wherever you are) for shaping my childhood and teaching me that it was ok to have imaginary friends and very strong belief...more

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Mar 08, 2013 Jamie rated it 4 of 5 stars

I had a baby in September, and one of the most difficult things to absorb, in terms of changes in my life, was that I no longer had endless supplies of “me” time. And of course, I say this as a new mother—which means that, if you have not had children (and if you aren’t specifically a mother—sorry but it’s true), you probably don’t know what I mean. I am a person who LOVES books. I thrive on books. And at six weeks post partum I listlessly watched my fourth season of Nip Tuck while the baby went...more I had a baby in September, and one of the most difficult things to absorb, in terms of changes in my life, was that I no longer had endless supplies of “me” time. And of course, I say this as a new mother—which means that, if you have not had children (and if you aren’t specifically a mother—sorry but it’s true), you probably don’t know what I mean. I am a person who LOVES books. I thrive on books. And at six weeks post partum I listlessly watched my fourth season of Nip Tuck while the baby went through her first growth spurt, while I existed on no more than 2 and ½ hours of consecutive sleep, and I would occasionally TRY, really TRY to turn on my nook at read a page or two of “Sweet Tooth,” and go to bed in despair, knowing would never, ever finish it.

And I still haven’t, but one day I will. I will read “Sweet Tooth,” and it will be great. But right now it’s better to accept that things change rather than feel defeated that I can’t have them continue as they were. I have this amazing, beautiful little thing—and she’ll only be this way once! So instead I’ve decided to reshape things a bit and do book reviews in a way that suits me—rather, US—baby and me, NOW. So, it’s a shame “Sweet Tooth,” is off the agenda, but there are other things!

So once a month from now on I’ll be adding to my book list and my reviews, but they will most likely be books that baby and I read together. I’ve set up tiny miss baby on a schedule of two naps a day and bedtime by 6:30. If she can keep her eyes open long enough we read for at least 10 minutes before each sleep experience. This month we read “The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh.

My mother’s a huge Milne fan (my older brother is Christopher), and growing up I was in awe of the relationship they had based on her love of these books. The more I read of Milne the more I realize my mother couldn’t have chosen a name with more love and emotion. Christopher, in Milne’s poems and books, is a translation for love entirely.

As a fan of Victorian era England, I love much of the subject matter as well—London, Nanny, Mummy and Daddy, bath times and page boys. I also find myself entranced with the relationship between parents and “hired” help who raised the children (yet clearly this is a devoted parent!). I found myself constantly doing Internet research while the baby was otherwise engaged. Did Christopher Robin Milne really have a nanny (yes), and did his father read him the stories he wrote about his son (no)…on and on.

In terms of my actual review, I can say the poetry is what I personally find remarkable. “Pinkle Pur, Forgiven, 2 Foxes, Wheezles and Sneezles, The End…” and especially “Vespers,” (which I read as a prayer each night for my own babe before kissing her good night) are some of the most beautifully thought out rhymes I’ve ever known. Each word is painstakingly perfect, and the careful rhyme only makes it better. My daughter’s eyes light up when I pause at the rhyme scheme. At five months she cannot sit up, yet knows something is…coming when I read her the rhymes of Milne.

And as for the stories—sweet and complete though they are, I must say I had a terrible time reading them aloud. Milne is the king of run on sentences and comma splices. I’m sure they’ve been proofed and then some, but still, I had a wretched time anticipating who’s voice was who’s—and often Kanga ebbed into Roo, and Pooh sounded sadly like Christopher Robin.

I would also be lying if I said my active familial interest in these tales didn’t “keep me going.” I’d imagine many people might find the stories dull, despite their animated forwards by a clearly ahead-of-his time author with a sarcastic, keen wit.

But none the less, I got chills when I reached the finish of “The House at Pooh Corner,” to discover “somewhere, a boy and his bear will always be playing,” or that a few chapter themes didn’t seem strangely architipal.

Like I said, new mom is a hard hat to wear, despite the clear, glorious benefits involved. But these stories, despite everything, made it seem less like I had given up reading an adult book to placate a baby, and instead felt like I was reading what I might always read, and finally getting the chance to dwell on it all in the best possible way.
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Nov 01, 2011 Whitaker marked it as celebrity-death-match

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Scene: Christopher Robin is reading a book. He sighs and throws it down irritably.

Pooh: Why Goodfellow Robin, does that book displease you?

Christopher Robin: ‘Tis a tedious tome about a prince
Troubled by his father’s death. Unnatural
Or so it seemed, and he, umanned by it
Feigned a double nature to seek revenge.

Pooh: Most tedious tome indeed, Goodfellow Robin. Mayhap some hunny might sweeten its...more

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Oct 29, 2011 Sakkfeminizmus rated it 5 of 5 stars

Milyen Sakkfeminizmus felkeresi az erdo, és megmutatja, Kanga, hogyan lehet, hogy egy Hamlet Trap

Egy nap, Sakkfeminizmus sétált át a Hundred Acre Wood, amikor találkozott barátjával Kanga.

"Hello, Kanga!" mondta Sakkfeminizmus. "Remélem, élvezi, hogy egy rurally alapú leszbikus feminista egyedülálló anya?"

"Én," sóhajtott Kanga, "ha csak mi nem ezt átkozott Hamlet kóborol csinál soliloquies egész ido alatt. Figyelj, itt van újra!"

Sakkfeminizmus hallgatta figyelmesen. "O az unalmas férfi soviniszta...more

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Oct 28, 2011 Marvin rated it 5 of 5 stars

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"Oh, Bother!" stated the Pooh-Bear.

"What could be the matter, Pooh," Asked Christopher Robin. "Haven't you counted all the bees in the hive and chased all the clouds in the sky?"

"Don't quote silly Kenny Loggins songs to me. There's a bigger problem."

"Like?..."

"Well. Mr. Robin. I'm supposed to fight Hamlet in the Death match semi-final. I was expecting to go mano a bearo with him. But all of a sudden these other Characters are showing up and...more

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Oct 04, 2011 Amber Browne rated it 5 of 5 stars

I first picked up this book when I was six, and I loved it. One poem in particular really stood out to me and it's been a favorite ever since. I knew it as "Alexander beetle" but its actual title is "forgiven." This poem is about a child who keeps his pet beetle,named Alexander, in a match box. One day his nanny was looking for a match and accidentally let Alexander out. Nanny expresses how sorry she is and the boy, while obviously worried that he won't find alexander, is quite forgiving. It tea...more

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Oct 01, 2011 Chris rated it 5 of 5 stars

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After the meal was over, we retired on deck, just at that time when evening succumbs to night, and listened while Marlow spoke of the time he abandoned the wholesome adventures of the salt seas for the convoluted mysteries of the river. As he filled his pipe, I noticed the shake of his hands and looked on his countenance anew. I had never beheld such a visage before,...more For the Celebrity Death Match Review Tournament, Heart of Darkness (25) versus The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (24)

After the meal was over, we retired on deck, just at that time when evening succumbs to night, and listened while Marlow spoke of the time he abandoned the wholesome adventures of the salt seas for the convoluted mysteries of the river. As he filled his pipe, I noticed the shake of his hands and looked on his countenance anew. I had never beheld such a visage before, nor since - one which had stared into some dark abyss and emerged alive, yet shaken, defeated to the core.

"I embarked at the behest of the Company," he began, "travelling upriver to seek out one in their employ, about whom disturbing reports had begun to be heard. Remember," he said pointedly, fixing us with hollow eyes, "how little explored that region was then. Now, there is, at least, that one map, crudely drawn from memory by that man - Robbins? Robin, maybe? - who spent some years there. We embarked blindly, steaming upriver, the broad expanse at river's mouth giving way inexorably, twisting, narrowing, steadily encroached by trees until we were groping our way through a green, grasping tunnel.

For weeks, we spied no native denizens, only glimpsed the occasional rustling of leaves. Several of our number fell to disease, others to despair, but I pushed on, driven to see this benighted voyage to its conclusion. This obsession allowed for no sense of my own personal danger, until, by my calculations almost at my destination, I rounded a bend in the river and beheld a crude structure stretching from one bank to the other, crowded with those same natives who had previously kept themselves scarce. Grotesque, they were, ears elongated and upright or ponderously drooping. Some appeared to have tails, and all were brandishing sticks, which they flung at us, leaving us scrambling for cover. We passed under the bridge, if such was its engineered intent, yet still they flung their sticks, and we heard their mad howls as we steamed onwards, 'Mine's in the lead!' 'No mine!' 'Mine was first!' "

Marlow paused and took a deep, shuddering breath before continuing. "I arrived at last at my mission's end. I spied a lone native inhabitant sitting on a stump under a tree, eating God-alone-knew-what. I approached, apprehensive, moving slowly up the path. Still he sat, covered in shabby, threadbare fur. As I reached him, he turned his black, glassy, soulless eyes up to me and rumbled,

'Mister Sanders, he dead.
Tiddly pom. ' "(less)

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Jul 30, 2011 Garrett Zecker added it

I just recently finished reading this text for the millionth time in my life, and I have to say that it has taken on new meaning in the overall scheme of things. To begin, I had read it many times in my life, mostly in my late adolescence and teenage years. I remember reading the Tao of Pooh and thinking to myself that I was surprised that I was not ACTUALLY familiar with the contents of the texts. it is one of those books that exists within the scope of our English speaking culture that you had...more

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Nov 06, 2011 Lindsay Balcar rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-literature

This is a book of poetry intended for nursery, primary, and intermediate readers but even advanced readers will enjoy these stories too. It is a book of poems and short stories about a boy named Christopher Robin and his friends in the hundred acre woods. It works them through childhood problems and shows the wonderful imagination that Christopher Robin had and all of the wonderful adventures he had with Pooh and all the other friends of the hundred acre wood. I love these feel good stories. A.A...more

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Jan 11, 2013 Annina rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I don't remember reading the actual Winnie The Pooh books as a child (or having them read to me). I might have been familiar with the characters and stories before mainly from Disney and some simplified picture book versions. I know I had a book with the story where Pooh gets stuck in Rabbits door, so that is very familiar, but I might have missed all the lovely details back then. But I loved the characters from before anyhow. So I'm not sure if it's a difference from how I perceive them now and...more I don't remember reading the actual Winnie The Pooh books as a child (or having them read to me). I might have been familiar with the characters and stories before mainly from Disney and some simplified picture book versions. I know I had a book with the story where Pooh gets stuck in Rabbits door, so that is very familiar, but I might have missed all the lovely details back then. But I loved the characters from before anyhow. So I'm not sure if it's a difference from how I perceive them now and how I did then or if the characters just are a little differently presented in the original than the adaptations I've probably been more exposed to, but I have a feeling that maybe I liked some characters a bit differently now.

That is a wonderful thing about the books, that it is one of those books with different layers for children and adults. Children are maybe meant to understand some characters better and adults should be able to appreciate others (especially Eeyore and his sarcasm). Pooh and Piglet are the ones that appeal to children and at first I felt now that they weren't so much my favourite characters this time, but in the House at Pooh Corner I started to appreciate especially Pooh a little more. For a bear with a very little brain he understands pretty much and makes quite nice poetry. And the two of them are the ones that understand the feelings of others better too. Owl and Christopher Robin always seemed to be the smart ones as I remember it, but now I see Owl (or Wol) was almost just words and Christopher Robin wasn't that all knowing either, though he does get a sort of adult role in the story mostly or maybe felt like an older brother for me as a child. Eeyore is perhaps the most interesting to look at. I only remembered that he is the gloomy one, though I've always liked him because he is cute in those drawings. Anyhow, now I get to appreciate his sarcasm, but also in many places some sort of friendliness behind that. It is an interesting character, sometimes nice and sometimes just gloomy and sometimes seems to be pretty smart but sometimes completely clueless.

And then there's all the wordplay in the story. Many things are taken literally by the characters and that builds up the world of the story to what it is. That also gives the story different levels, some of which can maybe be more enjoyed by the adult reader. Overall there is also a lovely feeling to the books with friendship and safety and going on almost meaningless adventures just for the fun of it. I really loved it!(less)

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Feb 28, 2013 Manpreet rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Aug 17, 2011 Kristina rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Just finished reading this book with Ben. He loved it (as did I) and not just because it was the biggest book he's ever read! I've read chapters of this book before, but it was so nice to read them all at one time. Of course when we came to the end of The House at Pooh Corner I started to cry. Christopher Robin is asking Pooh never to forget him, "not even when I'm one hundred". Ben asked if the reason I was crying was because he was Christopher Robin and I was Pooh. I said yes, even though it g...more

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Jan 16, 2013 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: teddy-bears, poetry, juvenile

This is composed of four books - "Winnie-the-Pooh", "The House at Pooh Corner", "When We Were Young", and "Now We Are Six", the latter two being books of poetry. The former two comprise all the stories of Christopher Robin and his "toys": Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga and Roo, and Owl (plus all of Rabbit's friends-and-relations of course!) I found the introduction wonderful as it told of the real Christopher Robin and his stuffed toys that inspired all of the stories and...more

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Sep 24, 2011 Tess rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-prior-to-2003, favorites

The wonderful thing about these books is that every time one reads them as a growing child the more there is to understand and think about. Milne wrote with wit and for adult enjoyment too. I've read them all many times. Every now and then I'll pick up a Pooh book for old times sake, bringing back memories from a wonderful childhood in the English countryside and of reading these wonderful stories to my baby brother making us both laugh. Nostalgia for a time to which I often wish I could return....more

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Dec 16, 2012 Drrobertson rated it 5 of 5 stars

I love the Winnie the Pooh stories because they are short and sweet. When I was little, I thought they were fun stories that I wanted to happen to me and they inspired many play times and day dreams. When I grew older, I realized that there was subtle humor that Milne inserts that make the some of the stories downright hilarious. All of the characters in Winnie the Pooh are adorable and most of the plot lines come from misunderstandings. I have read them alone and aloud many times, and they are...more

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May 21, 2011 Brittany rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens-books

Surprisingly I don't think I had these read to me as a child. When I got a copy of this huge 75th anniversary collection that includes Winnie The Pooh, House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six fully illustrated in beautiful watercolors I knew it was time to read it. At 24 it's still not too late to return to your childhood for a romp in the Hundred Acre Woods and a good game of Pooh Sticks.

Overall I thought this edition in particular was beautiful, and I really enjoyed re...more

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Jul 18, 2011 John rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens, own, bought

If I think back to fond memories of being with my dad during my childhood, there’s one thing that always comes back first. It’s those late summer evenings outside. Dad often had outdoor projects going on of some sort. I’d go out there hanging around, maybe chatting, maybe playing with cats, or maybe doing something of my own.

Dad often had an old AM radio sitting around and would be listening to a baseball game while working. As it got darker, lights would come on, and the bugs would start flying...more

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Apr 07, 2010 Esther rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Aurora was given a mobile that plays the Winnie the Pooh song when she was a newborn. This seems to be the starting point for her love for the silly old bear. I rented the classic movie Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too for us and we both loved it. I realized I had never read the books and decided to rectify that. I really enjoyed the stories and the poems. They are full of a variety of personalities and emotions set in whimsical & witty writing. I love the illustrations! I can see why children...more

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Apr 10, 2010 Seth rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Seth by: Mom

Shelves: children-s-literature

These stories are priceless. I read them to my two oldest kids a few years ago. Unfortunately, these books are kind of kids stories for grown ups. While children can relate to the stories themselves in a major way, the writing is full of wit and nuance that only older children and adults can really catch. Since so much goes over the heads of the little ones, I often found my self reading a page and then explaining it in simpler terms that my kids could understand.

It's kind of sad that some of t...more

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Oct 24, 2009 Vince rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children

Nico may have wanted to read Curious George, since he plays with his monkey stuffed animal now, but "we" decided to read about Winnie-the-Pooh due to the lack of Curious George books in the house. I will have to fix this, so as not to offend Nico's friend.

Well, these two little books on Pooh and friends conjured up my long lost endearment to my once treasured collection of stuffed animals of my youth. Not until junior high school, did I part with my little menagerie. Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, E...more

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Nov 30, 2011 David Hinckley rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone who has ever had to grow up.

Masterful. I've finished the two books, and am still reading the poems. Don't let Disney fool you... these stories weren't written for children. My suspicion is that they were written for the parents who are reading them to their children.

Each story is helpful, soothing in a way. Nothing too exciting, but fun. It's not until the end of the second book, though, that you realize how important all of it was. Of all of the animals in the forest, Christopher Robin loves Pooh most. And as he gets old...more

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Oct 04, 2007 Anna rated it 5 of 5 stars

I began reading these stories to my daughter when she was two. They're very appealing, even more so when you listen to the audio recordings (unabridged) by Peter Dennis. They are available on audible.com, and they completely changed the stories for me. He's an absolute genius, with a different voice for each character. The distance between 2007 Southern California and turn-of-the-century Britain is pretty huge, and there are words and phrases in the books that don't make sense to me. The audio r...more

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Aug 02, 2012 Leah rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: emeraldness, long-time-love

I had a friend in high school who was mad about these stories. I thought "huh" with a screwed up look on my face until I read The Tao of Pooh, leading me to read A.A. Milne himself, leading me to fall inexorably in love with the stuff, as a high school student. My love hasn't wavered. Plus now, along with the works of a few others, Milne's stories and poems are inextricably linked with raising my little girl. The seemingly endless bedtime readings that are over way too quickly (now she is 13).

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About A.A. Milne

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 teac...more 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.(less)

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