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The World of Winnie-the-Pooh (The Winnie-the-Pooh Series #1 & 2)
The world of Pooh is the Thousand Acre Wood of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga, Christopher Robin, and more. He is a whimsical philosopher, staunch friend, plump, and fond of honey. He calls himself a Bear of Very Little Brain, but is wise and loving. Delicate paintings loved by centuries of children.
Hardcover, 353 pages
Published
October 14th 2010
by Dutton Juvenile
(first published 1926)
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This unimaginative (consider the names of the main characters for example) vile "clever" nonsense is nauseatingly self-indulgent for the adult reader. It is notably adult, both stylistically and in it's observations, written in a dreadful condescending tone that falls on dead-ears of the "intended" audience - namely, the child listener who is read their bedtime story. This appalling claptrap was probably never actually intended for children to enjoy, rather - it's wooden and non-believable rende...more
My first memories of being read aloud to are with this book. My father would read to my sisters and I while my mother completed preparations for supper. We each identified with one of the characters. I was Christopher Robin (being the eldest), my next sister was Pooh (it seemed to me she was always the most interesting character proto-type in all the books I read), my next sister was Rabbit, my next sister was Piglet, and the baby sister was Roo. Our mother was Kanga (of course) and our father w...more
Sep 30, 2008
Micki
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who wants to inspire their children
There is no comparison between the original book and the saccharine Disney version of our friend, Pooh. Milne's version is so full of insights into childhood to delight the adult reader that are entirely missed by the more popular version. I bought this book on a whim while trying to start a family, read it to my babies long before they are ready to enjoy these stories, and look forward to sharing Pooh's delightful adventures with them as they grow up. I don't know that I need any other books in...more
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At the time of this writing, I am twenty-eight years old. People tell me I come off as intelligent, opinionated, cynical and sarcastic, with a dark and very adult sense of humor. I don't much like children and don't plan to have any of my own. My childhood, while not particularly awful, is nothing I look back on with nostalgia - mostly I'm pretty glad to have gotten to the point where I'm allowed my own life. Generally, my literary tastes run far closer to Patrick Suskind or Neil Gaiman than Mil...more
I read a few Pooh stories as a child and they didn't grab me. The movies, with an annoying Tigger and an ever-perplexed Pooh and his honey pot did nothing to attract me and seemed rather slow.
However, I recently revisited the original stories and was delighted and touched. The wit and personality observations. Eeyore's sarcasm. The reverence they have for Christopher Robin who is all-knowing to the forest creatures, but would be considered a child too young to have opinions of any importance in...more
However, I recently revisited the original stories and was delighted and touched. The wit and personality observations. Eeyore's sarcasm. The reverence they have for Christopher Robin who is all-knowing to the forest creatures, but would be considered a child too young to have opinions of any importance in...more
Waits loves Pooh Bear. I'm not sure when this rabid love affair began, but in an effort to gently steer him away from the utter travesty that is Disney Pooh, I bought him the complete original stories earlier this year. I didn't really expect him to be into them at such an early age — I mean, there are hardly any pictures! — but to my enduring surprise and delight he loves them. He'll sit still, rapt, for entire stories. The book never goes back on the shelf because Waits requests it at almost e...more
My parents got me these books at age six when we lived in England, about 75 miles from the hundred acre wood, (which is a real place) where Christopher Robin played with toys who came to life.
My favorite Pooh quote is:
“"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best -- " and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called”
My favorite Pooh quote is:
“"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best -- " and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called”
Coming to Winnie the Pooh late in life, I immediately phoned my mother and asked my mother why I hadn't been introduced to A A Milne at her knee. She was gracious enough to apologise but defended her oversight on the grounds that she had been working her way through Australian children's classics. And I'm willing to admit that she did this beautifully.
Yes, it's too English and Victorian for today but the characters are wonderfully drawn and the humour compelling. In each of character we can iden...more
Yes, it's too English and Victorian for today but the characters are wonderfully drawn and the humour compelling. In each of character we can iden...more
My Thoughts:
I went to the library when I came across the classic, The World of Pooh (The Winnie-the-Pooh Series 1&2) by A.A. Milne. I've read this book as a child, actually I read it number of times. This used to be one of my favourite books as a child, I think it still is. Oh, how I love Winnie the Pooh stories.
Eeyore was and is my all time favourite character, I used to have a watch with Eeyore on it. I still have the watch but it no longer works. As a child I never new why I liked Eeyore...more
I went to the library when I came across the classic, The World of Pooh (The Winnie-the-Pooh Series 1&2) by A.A. Milne. I've read this book as a child, actually I read it number of times. This used to be one of my favourite books as a child, I think it still is. Oh, how I love Winnie the Pooh stories.
Eeyore was and is my all time favourite character, I used to have a watch with Eeyore on it. I still have the watch but it no longer works. As a child I never new why I liked Eeyore...more
I recently went to Disneyworld and saw a costumed character at Pooh Corner whom I did not recognize - Christopher Robin was nowhere to be seen. This turned out to be Darby, the "modern" girl who essentially replaces Christopher Robin in new stories of Pooh and friends. The use of this new character did not seem right to me, and so I read through this book to see what the original story was. The World of Pooh is a collection of children's stories based on the imagination of Christopher Robin and...more
I find the narrative for the Pooh series to be uniquely charming, and very English. It has a softness and properness to it that I very much enjoyed all on its own.
If you're only familiar with the Disney versions of these characters, you may feel thrown off, and sometimes that these aren't even the same characters at all. Personally, I like the original versions of these characters better than the Disney versions.
My son is almost 5 months old. The stories are a perfect length to be read from sta...more
If you're only familiar with the Disney versions of these characters, you may feel thrown off, and sometimes that these aren't even the same characters at all. Personally, I like the original versions of these characters better than the Disney versions.
My son is almost 5 months old. The stories are a perfect length to be read from sta...more
I loved, loved this series as a kid. It is amazing how many of these stories have crept into my vague memories. I've had a hardcover copy of the books since I was 20. I don't know if I re-read it then, but I just picked this up one night this week and started reading it.
I was delighted by the whimsical nature and the wordplay! There was so much wordplay that I didn't pick up on as a child. I love the stories and the dialogue and description and the rhythm and use of language in these stories. So...more
I was delighted by the whimsical nature and the wordplay! There was so much wordplay that I didn't pick up on as a child. I love the stories and the dialogue and description and the rhythm and use of language in these stories. So...more
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Dec 13, 2009
Sweetman Sweetman
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everyone, especially children who have a desire to read themselves
Recommended to Sweetman by:
parents bookshelf
Shelves:
classics,
influential
One of the first books I read to myself that was mostly narrative. It looked so daunting on the living room bookshelf, huge, pages and pages of writing with whimsical drawings interspersed. I had a knowledge of Winnie-the-Pooh from The Wonderful World of Disney but in truth, I couldn't stand the voice of the actor who played Pooh, nor could I stand the timidity of Piglet. But plug on with the book, I did, and I was completely immersed in the first sentence. It opened a world of vision in words w...more
The stories included adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends were some of my favourite childhood's ones. I remember a stout Bear of Little Brain wedged in the Rabbit's den's hole, and the same Bear looking for a tail of Eeyore.
I didn't expect to read about Winnie-the-Pooh in its original language, but one day when my eyes were glimpsing from spine to spine(however the amout of books in English in the nearest library is, saying it gently, poor) I noticed a thick book with words „The World o...more
I didn't expect to read about Winnie-the-Pooh in its original language, but one day when my eyes were glimpsing from spine to spine(however the amout of books in English in the nearest library is, saying it gently, poor) I noticed a thick book with words „The World o...more
As wonderful now as it was when I was a child - more so, perhaps, because of the increasing relevance of the philosophical aspects, and the way every character can be seen in one's acquaintances. Really is a beautiful little handful of Everyman :)
Am going to buy another copy just for work; today's children are MUCH the poorer for being stuck with those dreadful, charmless, all-idiosyncrasy-removed Disney versions of Pooh and (as a teacher) having to read them the franchise-associated versions ma...more
Am going to buy another copy just for work; today's children are MUCH the poorer for being stuck with those dreadful, charmless, all-idiosyncrasy-removed Disney versions of Pooh and (as a teacher) having to read them the franchise-associated versions ma...more
A. A. Milne is a favorite all my life. I've been curious as Roo, small as Piglet, enthusiastic as Tigger, hopeful as Winnie, pendantic as Owl, motherly as Kanga, downcast as Eeyore, and dreamily inhabited trees and clouds. Bouncing rhymes, period drawings, easy tales, engage all ages. The Hundred Acre Wood is a place of magic, to find Heffalumps with a Hobbit sense of frequent refreshments, lure away bees, rescue lost friends, battle rainstorms, have funny light adventures. I never quite agreed...more
Jun 30, 2010
Angelique
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
read-in-english,
children-s
When I read this book I wished I someone had read it out to me when I was a child. I enjoyed it a lot and if I should ever have children of my own I will definately read it out to them.
While reading I so often thought: This is sooo cute! And it is funny. And entertaining and lot more.
What I probably liked most about this books is that during the read I could feel like a child again - curious, sorrow-less and pure.
My favourite part is from the end of Winnie-The-Pooh when Pooh gets a present fro...more
While reading I so often thought: This is sooo cute! And it is funny. And entertaining and lot more.
What I probably liked most about this books is that during the read I could feel like a child again - curious, sorrow-less and pure.
My favourite part is from the end of Winnie-The-Pooh when Pooh gets a present fro...more
The World of Pooh is a motherfucking sausagefest. It’s clever and all, but would it have killed the fucker to put a girl in the story? One who is quirky and fun and not acting as a goddamned caretaker for a fucking kangaroo? I have to read this shit to my daughter, and she identifies with characters who are like her. This group of forest-dwelling asshats gives me nothing to work with, as she is not a neurotic bear, a neurotic pig, a tiger with ADHD, a stupid mother kangaroo, a stupid baby kangar...more
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I had never before read the complete Winnie-the-Pooh stories, and I had high hopes for this book. Having grown up knowing the characters from television specials, and later seeing the smiles on my children's faces when meeting the characters at Disneyland Paris, I really wanted to love the book. I thought of it sitting nicely beside The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as favorite books that also turned out to be classics in television and movie format. So this became...more
Boring. Difficult to read aloud. I enjoy Pooh as a Disney character, but not at all in this "classic" tale. Not sure where the appeal is considering we quit reading it after the 3rd chapter- my 8 year old didn't enjoy it, & frankly as others have said, it is over a child of this ages head. I had to consistently go back and explain what was happening so that she could even understand what was being read, when she was even paying attention to the story. We will be putting this one back on the...more
I found my first AA Milne book - When We Were Six - at my father's godmother's house in Montréal. I was about five or six, and already an avid reader. The hardcover book was already worn and well-used and I wondered what it was doing in a house devoid of children and other books. I never discovered the answer to that question, but she did give me the book. Afterwards I sought Milne's books in our meagre school lirbary and fell in love with English writing.
Sep 22, 2011
Jane Hinrichs
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
absolutely everyone
Shelves:
have-read-more-than-once
Honestly, as a child I thought Winnie the Pooh was boring, but this book is delightful. Truly. I've read it twice. There is such humble wisdom in this book. You can see your friends and family members in all the characters. It is a book that celebrates life, simply living and friendship. If you need to have an "up" day or month, check this out at the library and read the whole thing. Truly, i know it sounds silly but this one of my absolute favorite books.
A marvelous book to read aloud to your kids, or in my case, grandkids.
My favorite line in the whole collection is when Eeyore shows up at Christopher Robin's house in the middle of a blizzard, after his own home has inadvertently been demolished by his friends Pooh & Piglet, and he gloomily agrees that it is still snowing & freezing outside...
"Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately."
My favorite line in the whole collection is when Eeyore shows up at Christopher Robin's house in the middle of a blizzard, after his own home has inadvertently been demolished by his friends Pooh & Piglet, and he gloomily agrees that it is still snowing & freezing outside...
"Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately."
Absolutely touching. A story of friendship among characters that are so different and filled with quirks. The writing is clever. I love the way there is a narriator and how words are used as part of illustraion. It brought me to tears, bittersweet. Disney's Winnie the Pooh was a delight to watch growing up, but had not read the stories until my adult life. I have made these my favorite stories, and will read them anytime I need cheering up.
A book (well, two actually) that deserves the adjective "beloved." I'm not sure what exactly makes these wonderful stories about a silly bear and his animal friends so delightful, but I'm hard-pressed to think of another set of tales that are so simultaneously clever, funny, and heart-warming. I most recently re-read these with my wife; someday, I'll read them again with my kids.
This is a book to cherish.
This is a book to cherish.
Not only is Winnie the Pooh a house hold classic, it is the perfect edition to any early childhood education setting. There are many valuable lessons that can be taught in the Winnie The Pooh books. Also, these are very intriguing to read to students because they all love Winnie the Pooh. Some lessons you could teach with this book would be problem solving, characters, plot, setting, and solution, OR any other POTS.
Truly some of the sweetest, most endearing characters ever created and stories ever told. I like this edition, it's a large hardback and will remain in the family for a long time. I bought it for my son's birthday.
I first read Winnie the Pooh as an adult, though I grew up watching the film and the cartoons. The characters' names and personalities are iconic and have a presence in my family members' lives.
I first read Winnie the Pooh as an adult, though I grew up watching the film and the cartoons. The characters' names and personalities are iconic and have a presence in my family members' lives.
Well this was seriously not how I thought the book would be. Growing up when the Winnie the Pooh cartoons were huge I thought it would be like that. While the stories where the same obvious the dialogue and the hidden nuances behind them were different. Some stories made me scratch my head, some made me smile and any time that Eeyore was in the story or talked I always felt so sad. In the cartoons he was not as bad as he was in the book and it was just shocking that this is considered a child's...more
Simply wonderful stories for children to grow up with. Throw out all of that modern rubbish with Dora and Diago and Gomez or whatever is "in" right now. Your children will thank you when they are older for filling their minds with rich literature and not slop. Also, don't settle for the modern pooh renderings, you want the real stuff, butter not margerine, Milne not Disney.
I didn't love this second reading of The House at Pooh Corner as much as I loved Winnie-the-Pooh, but I do still love both books.
I'd forgotten, from my readings of them as a kid, how wonderfully absurd all of the language is - with just the right amount of nonsense and naivety without being patronising. Needless to say, when I finished the last chapter - in which Christopher Robin very much implies that he is becoming a Grown Up and he and Pooh walk off into the sunset together - I cried. I can...more
I'd forgotten, from my readings of them as a kid, how wonderfully absurd all of the language is - with just the right amount of nonsense and naivety without being patronising. Needless to say, when I finished the last chapter - in which Christopher Robin very much implies that he is becoming a Grown Up and he and Pooh walk off into the sunset together - I cried. I can...more
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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 teac...more
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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
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