About this title: It's been 80 years since the publication of "The House at Pooh Corner," in which Christopher Robin says good-bye to Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Now they are all back in new adventures, for the first time approved by the Trustees of the Pooh Properties.
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Binding: CD-Audio
Publisher: BBC CONSUMER PUBLISHING Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781408427132ISBN:1408427133
Description: BRAND NEW CD-AUDIO. From the excitement of christopher robin's return to the curious business of learning to play cricket, this title allows winnie-the-pooh fans to spend a few more treasured hours with the best bear in all the world. (CD-Audio) read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: EGMONT CHILDRENS BOOKS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781405247443ISBN:1405247444
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 216 pages. A sequel to a a milne's original "winnie-the-pooh" stories. it takes you back to the hundred acre wood for more adventures. colour illustrations (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780525421603ISBN:0525421602
Description: Burgess, Mark. New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 160 p. Audience: General/trade; Children/juvenile. brand new read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Penguin Group Usa
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780525421603ISBN:0525421602
Description: It's been 80 years since the publication of "The House at Pooh Corner, " in which Christopher Robin says good-bye to Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Now they are all back in new adventures, for the first time approved by the... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780525421603ISBN:0525421602
Description: Burgess, Mark. New in new dust jacket. New book at 20% off retail price from a reliable seller. Prompt shipping. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 160 p. Audience: General/trade; Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Audiobook CD
Publisher: Bbc Consumer Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781408427132ISBN:1408427133
Description: New. From the excitement of Christopher Robin's return to the curious business of learning to play cricket, this title allows Winnie-the-Pooh fans to spend a few more treasured hours with the Best Bear in All the World. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Egmont Childrens Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781405247443ISBN:1405247444
Description: New. A sequel to A A Milne's original "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories. It takes you back to the Hundred Acre Wood for more adventures. read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780143145073ISBN:014314507X
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Edition: First Edition.
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Dutton
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780525421603ISBN:0525421602
Description: Dutton 10/5/2009. New hardcover. First Edition. in Brand New jacket. Illustrated by Mark Burgess. A companion volume approved by the Trustees of the Pooh Properties. read more
"Right from the title, this book got off on the wrong foot. If you want to follow Milne, then you should probably realize that Owl lives in the Hundred Acre Wood (or rather, did, before he lost his house and moved into Piglets, which is mentioned several times in this book as an attempt to reconnect readers with the original stories), and that everyone else lives in the Forest. The only person who could really return to the Hundred Acre Wood would be Owl, then, and he never does in this book.
Benedictus tries really hard to capture the feel of Milne's prose, and in many ways succeeds. Indeed, it was the closeness that made the differences all that much more obvious. He seems to capitalize the wrong words at times, and in my opinion, failed to capture some of the more subtle elements of the characters. There's a couple of scenes that stand out as just being wrong in my mind. There's one with Christopher Robin taking a bath. Now, this is another reminder of a similar scene from the very first chapter of "Winnie-the-Pooh". However, it just feels wrong now. In the original, we knew that it was Milne himself watching his son taking a bath. It's not Milne, this time, but rather Benedictus, and it's kind of creepy. There's another scene were Pooh is depressed, and the only thing for it is to eat. It's a bit disturbing, really.
Much will be said of Lottie the Otter, the new character in the Forest. To me, it seemed like Benedictus was trying to one-up Milne. Lottie is a real animal, like Rabbit and Owl, and therefore superior in intellect to the other animals. Indeed, she appears to be smarter than Rabbit and Owl, more agile than Tigger, and just about the best at everything. What really upsets me, though, is Rabbit has no problems with her. When Kanga and Roo showed up in the Forest, Rabbit schemed to kidnap Roo. When Tigger showed up, Rabbit tried to get him lost in the Forest. There's no issue with Lottie, though, and this represents another situation where Benedictus just didn't get the character right.
If you've got a favorite character and were hoping for more stories featuring him or her, you're in luck. Every character shows up in every chapter (although Lottie doesn't actually appear until chapter four). Owl seems to get far more focus in this book than in the Milne stories, although he's pretty much incapable of doing anything without invoking his Uncle Robert. I missed the stories that focused on just two or three characters, and having every character in every chapter seems like pandering to every audience.
The best thing for me about the whole book was the illustration. Mark Burgess managed to capture the look of Shepard while still maintaining some of his own individuality.
Overall, it's no worse than anything Disney has done to these beloved characters, but the book still stands in the shadow of the originals. I don't see this as earning the love that the original books evoke, and I hope that this puts an end to the Milne and Shepard estates trying to find another golden goose. It says something to me that an attempt like this never occurred while Christopher Milne was still alive. I think the boy and his bear were quite happy with the way things had turned out eighty years ago, and I am too."
"All three stars go to the introduction and the story in which it never stops raining, which will go down as one of my favorite stories of all time for the last page alone. The rest of it felt sort of mumbled with a few glittery, bonafied Milne moments mixed in. The old stories are some of my favorites. Neither the artwork nor the words quite did them justice."
"As professional fanfiction goes, this is beyond five stars. The author and the illustrator know their canon, but also know that if you don't take the characters somewhere new, what's the point of writing the story? As a Pooh story, I'd only give it three stars. The new character is accepted far too easily by the reclusive gang in the woods, and some of them seemed to have aged emotionally while Christopher was away. How would that be possible?"
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