Winnie-the-Pooh

By A.A. Milne

Welcome to the Hundred-Acre-Wood. I hope you brought a honey pot.

Winnie-the-Pooh is the first collection of stories written by A. A. Milne starring Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, and their friends. They are among the most well-known and beloved children’s characters of all time, and the stories served as the basis for Disney’s similarly famous and beloved Winnie the Pooh films and tv shows.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: May 5, 2015
• ISBN: 9781551998183

A.A. Milne

A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne (1882--1956) was a noted English author primarily known as a poet and playwright before he found huge success with his iconic children’s books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. Milne served in both World Wars and was the father of Christopher Robin Milne, upon whom the Pooh character Christopher Robin was based.

Reviews for Winnie-the-Pooh

[thoughtsofjoylibrary · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are up to romping around again and Tigger is introduced to the gang.I absolutely loved the first book in this series, but this one lost all its charm. The humor and adorable interactions were missing and the narrated voices were ridiculous. I was very disappointed this time around. (2/5)Originally posted on: "Thoughts of Joy..."

[heatherlinc · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This childhood favourite still has appeal nearly 50 (ugh!) years later.

[deldevries · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The audio version including Judi Dench and others is fun to listen to in the car! Highly recommended.

[leonardgmokos · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Although occasionally challenging, there are useful drawings to keep your comprehension of events on track.
At least, that's how I remember it.

[kingmob2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wow. So charming. I was coming to these stories fresh, never having read the stories as a child. Sharing them with my son was amazing. The writing is clever without being precious. Plenty going on in the writing to entertain both children and adults. Marvelous.

[crfonten · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is the story of Pooh bear and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. This is a classic book that teaches the value of friendship.

[isaacfellows · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

To put it simply, this is (despite its age) one of the freshest works of fiction I've read in a long time. The playful approach to narration and the perfectly integrated illustrations (which are themselves some of the best and freshest examples of their kind I've seen) amaze me; but really it's the snappy language, the perfect turns of phrase that have stayed with me. This is a Sustaining Book, a true masterpiece that's all the more so masterful for seeming so easy, almost accidental.

[oceanna-8 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I thought it was a good book and it was very cute. I would like it more than others because i really love winnie the pooh and when i read it i felt like i was in the hundred acre wood. Its good to read to little kids.

[fastawker · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is one of those books that I thought I had read but really hadn't. I knew all the stories from when I was a child but loved reading them now as an adult. I found myself laughing out loud at these wonderful stories.

[ladytoni_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I used to buy anything Winnie the Pooh when my children and grandchildren were growing up and even at my age I'm enjoying reading this one very much. I still read (supposedly) childrens classics.

[sbenne3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

How can you not love this timeless classic (especially reading it to your kids every night before bed !!). No wonder these characters live on today. The story is endearing and I really enjoyed the writing style - great for kids and the adults who get the pleasure to read to them. If you have little ones, I highly recommend adding it to your list.

[pattyhoward · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Winnie-the-Pooh is a classic that I love reading with kids. The language is surprisingly complex, but the stories are lovely and simple and the characters so sweet, that kids absolutely adore this book. I think it's a great change of pace from reading novels with more complex stories, but simpler language, and I really think it is key in developing readers. But that may be that I just think these books (and their beautiful pictures) are so cute. I like this book to read WITH kids who are between preschool and mid-elementary age.

[sean191 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I might be jumping ahead, reading to my son before he's even born and able to express his preferences, but maybe that's all the more reason to be reading this classics now...A.A. Milne's book is really enjoyable. It's smart enough to have some laughs for adults without any raunchiness - just wit. It's also action-packed in a gentle, non-anxiety-inducing-way for the toddlers that you're trying to usher off into dreamtime.

[lucy_skywalker · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Had Christopher Robin and his silly old bear been shot in the head at the beginning, it could have been a pretty good book.
I don't like beings with very little brain, although I don't particularly hate them either, but I do hate those who find them cute, so actually I hate the overratedness of the book rather than the book itself. (Same with The Little Prince.)

[daisy_may-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Delightful, and full of witty, gentle humour. I'm so glad I've finally read it properly, rather than just skimming through, and surprised it's taken me so long to do so.

[stbalbach_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Winnie-the-Pooh is a deceptively simple story where the central theme of exploration is tied to imagination and literature. We get our first clue with the name "Christopher Robin", a combination of "Christopher Columbus" and "Robinson Crusoe". When Pooh finds tracks and follows them he replays the famous scene on the beach when Crusoe finds a footprint in the sand; Pooh's ability to make a boat out of a found item (an umbrella) mirrors Crusoe. Pooh's exploration of the world is tied to the exploration of words which are constantly in flux with strange misspellings and double meanings. In the end Pooh's great present is the pencil, in which to write down his own words, to go on his own adventures of the imagination. Winnie-the-Pooh encourages a life of reading and imagination, joining our child-like natural inquisitiveness and exploration of the world with the limitless possibilities of the written word.

[liabee · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I can't remember reading this book as a child, and I didn't read it to mine. What a shame! This was charming, surprisingly dry, and very entertaining, even for an adult. Not surprised that the author and illustrator worked for Punch. It's got that subtle something.

[merkabaza · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A wonderfully innocent and charming read. Characters that any child would instantly fall in love with and a world that holds a great multitude of exciting adventures.

[isatyajeet · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This...this teaches you life!

[lefty33 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Delightful stories of the Hundred-Acre Wood and all of its lovable characters. Pooh and friends have quite a few adventures (or misadventures) in this collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stories. The stories remind me of childhood, making them special each time I reread them. I wouldn't even be able to choose my favorite chapter in this book -- each one is full of wonder, laughter, and Pooh.

[becks2611 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A wonderful childhood tale of a boy and his bear that chronicles their adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood. A true classic for children and adults of all ages!

[liscarey · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Christopher Robin, Winnie-the-Pooh, and all their friends have adventures in the woods and meadows around Christopher Robin's home. Eeyore is always depressed but included in the friends' adventures. Pooh has, as he himself says, very little brain, and he loves his honey, but he tries to be kind and generous, even if he doesn't always get it right. Owl lives in the Hundred Acre Wood, and everyone knows he's the wisest of them, even if perhaps he doesn't know quite as much as he might. All the friends are distressed and alarmed, and perhaps a little jealous, because of the arrival in their forest of Kanga, and her tiny child, Roo, whom she carries in her pocket.

These are delightful stories that most adults will remember from childhood, and Peter Dennis reads them beautifully.

Recommended.

I bought this audiobook.

[dasam-5 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A delightful children’s book I never read as a child or to a child. Never too late and not a minute too soon.

[kristelh_15 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Children's stories about a boy and his stuffies. The characters in this story; Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga and Roo. The stories are set int he 100 acre woods (England). Pooh is naive and slow-witted, but he is also friendly, thoughtful, and steadfast. Pooh does have ideas driven by common sense. These include riding in Christopher Robin's umbrella to rescue Piglet from a flood, discovering "the North Pole" by picking it up to help fish Roo out of the river, inventing the game of Poohsticks, and getting Eeyore out of the river by dropping a large rock on one side of him to wash him towards the bank.Pooh is also a talented poet, and the stories are frequently punctuated by his poems and "hums." This story addresses anxieties, kindness, empathy and friendship.

[rbeene-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A childhood favorite.

[cassiewinters-2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The Disney film stayed very true to this book, but there is a magic in reading the story instead. I enjoyed this immensely and would recommend it to anyone that has seen the films or anyone looking for wholesome tales to tell their children. I was more than pleased with this book and glad it is one of the books I finally read even if it was as an adult.

[andrewkbrown · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love reading this to my children. The voices of the characters are so distinctive and the language that Milne squeezes into this classic make it a total delight.

[kscarlett01 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a classic novel about Winnie the Pooh and his friends that live in the woods with him. This book is a great for children of all ages. The book can be used to focus on the importance of friendship.

[laphenix · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was so cute! The both the narrative and the characters were so endearing!

[cnolasco_40 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I never read this book as a child, but I did see the old cartoons. This edition of "Winnie-the-Pooh" contains the "classic" Pooh stories seen in the early cartoons. Although it is one book, each chapter tells a different tale: "Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets Into a Tight Place", "Piglet Meets a Heffalump", and "Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One". For each chapter, the narrator takes Christopher Robin into Pooh's world of Hundred Acre Wood where Christopher becomes an essential part of the story. Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger all play their parts in the imaginary tales of Christopher Robin and his father. Overall, a classic read that teaches the importance of imagination and friendship. For ages 7+.Another book published during this decade: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting