- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd (22 Jun 1998)
- ISBN-10: 1856132420
- ISBN-13: 978-1856132428
- Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 22.6 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #10 in Books > Children's Books > Characters & Series > Winnie-the-Pooh
- #17 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > M > Milne, AA
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a fantastic treasure for all the family. All young children will love this book, it's one of those that can be passed down through generations.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The book is a lot larger than I thought it would be and hence it is superb. Really good condition and very happy with it. If you're a fan of Winnie the Pooh, then this is for you.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Bought mainly for the illustrations, I found myself reading the surrounding text and I was hooked. Result: I started reading it in earnest. I read it at bedtime to then drift off to sleep with the likes of Kanga and Baby Roo, Piglet (my favourite) and of course not forgetting Pooh, in my head rather than the stresses of the day. I haven't read it all yet (it is a very large collection which I've only had a short while) but have dipped here and there, marvelling, chuckling, occasionally worrying but never passive - always touched. So forgive me for doing a review before I've finished it but I want to savour every moment and that could take a long time; it seems important to share this discovery now so that others can see for themselves as soon as possible how wonderful this book is.
As a taster, just the introduction to the Winnie-the-Pooh stories made me laugh out loud: piglet peering into the ink-pot at school. I was zapped back to my childhood when I innocently and in wonderment entered the world of science by repeatedly pressing my thumb over the opening of the inkwell set in my school desk creating a super geyser-like fountain of ink. So entranced with this (that and the fact that no-one knew at the time - including me - that I was rather short-sighted!) was I that I had no notion I was spraying the child in front with ink! Anyway, I digress. Or do I? There is a child in us throughout our lives which is often hidden for fear of scorn. Well, I'm proud of that part of me that is a child for it means I can enjoy these stories as much as, if not more than, a child as defined by society.
Of those of you who don't know all these stories and poems yet either, maybe there will be some who wish this review painstakingly described them; to these people I apologize, but where's the fun in reading all that secondhand anyway? I feel readers of this book for the first time - the young and the not so young - will benefit as I am from reading it fresh without any of its story content being revealed. I hope that telling you about the inkwell whets your appetite. If not, then saying that A A Milne has a rare ability to completely draw the reader into the world of Christopher Robin and his toys when combined with E H Shepard's superb drawings, should be enough to tempt you. Then there's the funny, quirky, clever, delightful, ... poems. It's a veritable feast.
Finally, for those of you who want to know each storyline (if there is one!) and/or punchline (again, if there is one!) before buying a book, maybe you're not ready to take the plunge and access the child in you - so buy it for someone who is, they will be forever grateful, and you will be forever peering over their shoulder.
As a taster, just the introduction to the Winnie-the-Pooh stories made me laugh out loud: piglet peering into the ink-pot at school. I was zapped back to my childhood when I innocently and in wonderment entered the world of science by repeatedly pressing my thumb over the opening of the inkwell set in my school desk creating a super geyser-like fountain of ink. So entranced with this (that and the fact that no-one knew at the time - including me - that I was rather short-sighted!) was I that I had no notion I was spraying the child in front with ink! Anyway, I digress. Or do I? There is a child in us throughout our lives which is often hidden for fear of scorn. Well, I'm proud of that part of me that is a child for it means I can enjoy these stories as much as, if not more than, a child as defined by society.
Of those of you who don't know all these stories and poems yet either, maybe there will be some who wish this review painstakingly described them; to these people I apologize, but where's the fun in reading all that secondhand anyway? I feel readers of this book for the first time - the young and the not so young - will benefit as I am from reading it fresh without any of its story content being revealed. I hope that telling you about the inkwell whets your appetite. If not, then saying that A A Milne has a rare ability to completely draw the reader into the world of Christopher Robin and his toys when combined with E H Shepard's superb drawings, should be enough to tempt you. Then there's the funny, quirky, clever, delightful, ... poems. It's a veritable feast.
Finally, for those of you who want to know each storyline (if there is one!) and/or punchline (again, if there is one!) before buying a book, maybe you're not ready to take the plunge and access the child in you - so buy it for someone who is, they will be forever grateful, and you will be forever peering over their shoulder.
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