Pooh's Library: Winnie-The-Pooh, The House At Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six (Pooh Original Edition)

For many years I have meant to read the works of A. A. Milne concerning Winnie The Pooh and friends. Finally and happily I have done so...and then some. Included with the Pooh books are two collections of poetry. There are two main points I can make about Pooh's Library. The stories about Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Tigger and, most importantly, Christopher Robin are sweet, wistful, endearing, joyful, loving and easy to read. They are appropriate for all members of the family, young and old and universal in appeal. Mr. Milne did his son the greatest honor by making him the hero, the foundation of these friends of the forest and the Hundred-Acre Wood, who come to him whenever there is a problem or a question of how to handle a situation. Each character is different and leaves a distinctive impression of personality and skills. Pooh, Christopher's best friend, is the dreamer who creates poems and songs sprinkled through the stories. Piglet can be a little nervous. Rabbit and Owl can read and write...to a point. Eeyore is an unmistakable pessimist. Kanga, the mother, is matter-of-fact and Roo, her son, is playful and reckless. Tigger likes to bounce and probably will forever. The element of the stories which stands most fast in my memory is the love between Christopher and Pooh. It is timeless, unforgettable and everlasting, untouched by the change indicated by Mr. Milne. My second point concerns the two books of poetry - When We Were Very Young, and Now We Are Six. The poems in them are more structured than Pooh's and involve Pooh's world only minimally. Also, while the two books of stories seem more universal to me, the poetry books have a decided English influence to them. This should not shock those who realize Mr. Milne was English. There are poems about many things a child experiences, dreams about, wonders about, however Mr. Milne includes many references to a British childhood from the twentieth Century and many years previously, which may be unfamiliar to an American child. I am not saying this is bad but it is not quite as universally appealing as the adventures of Christopher Robin, Pooh and friends. I highly recommend Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner without reservation. I learned that not everyone lives and not everything occurs in the Hundred-Acre Wood. The books of poetry may not appeal to every child. I am quite an Anglophile in books and movies; not every child will be. It this is irrelevant to you and your child, then disregard. Enjoy what you like or are willing to try.

Excellent collection of Winnie the Pooh stories. Classic books!!

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A cozy collection of all the Winnie-the-Pooh books I read growing up. I wanted all the Winnie-the-Pooh books in one set, and this was exactly what I was looking for. Great value. Fun to read at any age. The navigation is simple, and the formatting is easy to read on my tablet.

If you've never read this collection. Read it. The writing is perfect: humorous, soft and perfectly captures that window of early childhood thinking. I suspect even adults without kids would like it, but as the mom of four little kids these are very popular bedtime stories in our household. The copies themselves are prettily made, have a smooth feel, thick paper, with the occasional ink sketch illustration. Smaller books overall, but fit nicely for reading with one or two kids.

I'm not going to bother reviewing the text of Winnie the Pooh, it's a classic and great. This edition is beautifully bound. You can see the dust jackets in the pictures, when they get lost (I'm down to having three left), the books have different colored tape over the spine and cardboard fronts and backs with the pooh honey bees embossed on the front. The main complaint about this edition seems to be that the illustrations aren't in color, they are the originals and I think they look great, but if you want color, buy another edition. The thing I like most about this edition is the size of the books- about 5'' x 7 1/2'' and maxing out under 200 pages. That makes easy for children to handle, and easier to see progress as they make their way through a book (i.e. the size of the page leads to less text per page and getting through 50 pages is a visible dent when you move a book mark), so I prefer the separate volumes to a giant tome. I would add that if you aren't familiar with the other books in the series, they are fun reads, I particularly appreciate Now We Are Six which is a collection of short poems with accompanying illustrations.

It's Winnie-The-Pooh. What else is there to say? Includes two other beautiful works by A.A. Milne.

Excellent book collection of originals, not really for small children, but for parents to read as bedtime stories at age 3-5 very cute pictures throughout..