Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) in Never too Late to Read Classics

Apr 23, 2018 Chrissie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kids, 2018-read, audible-us, fauna, series, free, classics

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 ...more

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Oct 29, 2016 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: children-ya, british-literature, audio-books, fiction-20th-century, read-2016

Free download available at Project Gutenberg

From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
1/5: In which the bear goes visiting and gets into a tight place.

2/5: In which the bear and Piglet nearly catch a Woozle, and Eeyore loses a tail.

3/5: In which Piglet meets a Heffalump.

4/5: In which Christopher Robin leads an 'expotition' to the North Pole.

5/5: In which Eeyore has a birthday and gets two presents.

Alan Bennett begins reading the first of five parts of AA Milne's tale of the much-loved bear.

Winnie-the-Pooh has give ...more

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Jan 03, 2013 Amanda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-stars, favorites, childrens, classics-to-read, classics, half-remembered-books-from-my-child

Summer 2018, audiobooks:

I love this book. I really do. I grew up on the love of my mother for these original books, and every derivation from there (as well as the same of Charlie Brown). But. This was the worst narrator I've experienced in the whole of the something like over 100 I've listened to in the last 3-4 years. It was so horrid I was cringing most of the way through this. Definitely after ever line from piglet. ...more

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