Included are some classics, made popular by Disney: “ In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets Into a Tight Place,” “ In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One,” “ In Which A House Is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore,” and my favorite “ In Which Christopher Robin and Pooh Come to an Enchanted Place, and We Leave Them There.”Įven though these are children’s stories, they fit all of my criteria for any great book. First, I am fascinated by style.

Though after they’ve grown up, after they leave, I might never be able to read the last few stories again. It’s hard enough even while they’re young.īoth Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner contain ten stories (perfect for one-a-night or even one-half-a-night routines). why not two editions of Winnie-the-Pooh? And what am I going to do when they leave? Maybe a beautiful 100 year edition will be available then. I don’t have these two editions yet, but we have two sons. In 2006, when Winnie-the-Pooh turned 80, each book was published in another beautiful edition to celebrate, tempting my wife and I to invest more money not just in our library but in Winnie-the-Pooh. These, also hardback, sport a die-cut window in the dust jacket, revealing the art on the cover. Shepard (which is a must, as fun as Disney’s permutations are) - it really is a great addition to a home library, espeically one intended to be passed on to the next generation. This particular edition is beatiful. Hardcover, complete with a ribbon marker, full color original illustrations by Ernest H.

Milne’s The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh, which compiles the two Winnie-the-Pooh books: Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Never one to shirk a worthy challenge, I decided to venture outside the usual scope of this blog and review a children’s book, one whose characters are so ubiquitous that it might seem a bit redundant - but I certainly don’t believe that. The other day Kevin from Canada had an interesting post on creating a reading legacy. There Kevin puts two dovegreyreader posts together: one on the inner child and one on the outer beauty of books. It came up that I’m a big fan of Winnie-the-Pooh and that Kevin has some story from the sixties that involves Pooh (he’s promised to share). Biased since Pooh himself is Canadian (I learned!) Kevin suggested I review Winnie-the-Pooh here. Happily.Īfter our marriage but some time before our first son was born, my wife gifted me A.A.

1928 winnie the pooh first edition