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Over eighty years since Winnie-the-Pooh first delighted readers, David Benedictus takes us back to the Hundred Acre Wood for more adventures. "Return to the Hundred Acre Wood" allows readers to spend a few more treasured hours with the Best Bear in All the World. The authorized sequel to A. A. Milne's original "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories, by David Benedictus, Illustrated by Mark Burgess in the style of the original E. H. Shepard illustrations.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Splendid effort,
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This review is from: Return to the Hundred Acre Wood: Inspired by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard (Hardcover)
Benedictus and Burgess have done an excellent job of bringing us further adventures of Pooh, Piglet et al, capturing both the style and the spirit of the original Milne/Shepard books.
Nicely produced, though I agree there are a few errors in the text which should have been avoided. Nevertheless, well worth the published price, and even better at Amazon's price, it will earn its place on the bookshelf next to 'The House at Pooh Corner'.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Close, but not quite on the mark,
This review is from: Return to the Hundred Acre Wood: Inspired by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard (Hardcover)
I have had the two 'official' Pooh books, 'Winnie the Pooh' and 'The House a Pooh Corner' longer than I can remember, and I was therefore cautious about buying a modern sequel, and read it before giving it to my granddaughter, who is also a Pooh fan. The pictures were excellent, and so like those by E. H. Shepard that some of them were almost indistinguishable. The text however gave me pause. It was very like the original in many places but at the same time not quite there, and I have been trying to think exactly why. I think that it is danger of falling into the trap that has so completely engulfed the Disney offerings: namely it believes Pooh's own propaganda that he is a 'silly old bear' with only fluff for a brain, whereas in fact in his own inimitable way he is the wisest one in the whole compass of the books, Christopher Robin only sometimes excepted.
Also the text seems to view the characters of Piglet, Rabbit, Wol etc, and even Pooh himself from the outside and at a distance, rather than entering into their minds. I realize, of course, that time has moved on since we left Pooh and Piglet playing on top of the forest, and a slightly more adult view is required, both from the point of view of Christopher Robin and from the point of view of the reader. However, knowing how I view the original books and also how I view my own stuffed toys (which I still have although I am now aged 65), I still think that David Benedictus has not shot his arrow quite true. He has missed the bullseye by a fraction, but only a fraction, and not by enough to prevent me from wrapping up his offering lovingly and sending it to my granddaughter (aged 5). I shall be interested to hear her opinion. Malcolm Dunstall
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thoroughly Good Read,
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This review is from: Return to the Hundred Acre Wood: Inspired by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard (Hardcover)
My daughters and I were pleasantly surprised at how well David Benedictus has added to A.A.Milne,s original books.We read it when we were all ill with flu,and it cheered us up enormously!The humour is in keeping with the original books,and is a thoroughly good read for young or older children(I am 62)!My daughter who is now 22 disagrees with the reviewer who says that the humour in Pooh books can only be fully appreciated by adults.She remembers reading them herself as a young child,and realised that the humour could only be truly understood by children.She was captivated then by A.A.Milne's characters,and is equally captivated by David Benedictus's"The Return To Hundred Acre Wood".
Read it and see!You will be pleasantly surprised! Thank you David Benedictus!
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