Return to the Hundred Acre Wood: Winnie-the-Pooh
Written by David Benedictus
Narrated by Jim Dale
3.5/5
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It was in 1928, on the publication of The House at Pooh Corner, when Christopher Robin said good-bye to Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Now they are all back in new adventures, for the first time approved by the Trustees of the Pooh Properties. This is a companion volume that truly captures the style of A. A. Milne-a worthy sequel to The House at Pooh Corner and Winnie-the-Pooh.
David Benedictus
David Benedictus produced the audio adaptations of Winnie-the-Pooh, starring Dame Judi Dench. He lives in London, England. Mark Burgess has previously illustrated Winnie-the-Pooh and other classic children's characters, including Paddington Bear. He lives in London, England.
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Reviews for Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House at Pooh Corner ends with Christopher Robin outgrowing his stuffed animals. How to write a sequel? The best solution might have been to set the new tales during the period covered by the first two book. Still, that does prevent one from having anything major happen, and it's perhaps not the most satisfying choice.Instead, Benedictus opts for a stay of execution: the original ending is redefined as Christopher Robin going away to boarding school, but he comes back at the end of the term. Once this is gotten out of the way in the first story, he's free to get on with a collection of new tales.And they're not bad. I don't think they're quite up to Milne's standard, but few things are. The characters generally behave as we'd expect them to, and the new character, Lottie the Otter, fits organically into the Hundred Acre Wood. This is a respectable effort from somebody who honors the integrity of the original books, and I don't really have any problems with its inclusion in the canon. (To the extent that it is. And the disarming introduction, in which Eeyore predicts that the new writer will get everything wrong, helps in that regard.)
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5David Benedictus and Mark Burgess (and the Pooh Trustees and Dutton) did a wonderful job of recapturing the magic of A.A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard. I really enjoyed the simplicity of the stories and Lottie is great addition to the cast of characters. And, the book itself is beautifully made. Very special indeed.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Narrated by The Great Jim Dale. I haven't read the original Pooh books in decades but from what I remember, this revisitation seems to have the same gentle spirit and tone of the originals, right down to Christopher Robin affectionately saying "silly old bear" and Pooh's impromptu hums. Each story stands alone as a bedtime read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wasn't sure about this, there are some things that are sacrosanct and Pooh seemed to me to be one of them.
But it actually was better than expected. It is set during the summer holiday when CR has come home from school and has the air of those lazy days of summer childhod. Initially I thought it was trying too hard to be cute, but that sensation went away fairly quickly. The introduction of a new character allows him to be different from the original and cover new ground.
I wont spoil the ending, but it had the same effect on this soppy reader that the final paragraphs of the original Pooh books did.
The illustrations are easily the best thing about this - they are true to the Shepard drawings and have avoided the horrid things that Disney has done to Pooh and his friends.
Wasn't sure, but am now convinced and have, most reluctantly, had to wrap this copy up - bought as a present so had to finish it quite quickly! - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House at Pooh Corner ends with Christopher Robin outgrowing his stuffed animals. How to write a sequel? The best solution might have been to set the new tales during the period covered by the first two book. Still, that does prevent one from having anything major happen, and it's perhaps not the most satisfying choice.Instead, Benedictus opts for a stay of execution: the original ending is redefined as Christopher Robin going away to boarding school, but he comes back at the end of the term. Once this is gotten out of the way in the first story, he's free to get on with a collection of new tales.And they're not bad. I don't think they're quite up to Milne's standard, but few things are. The characters generally behave as we'd expect them to, and the new character, Lottie the Otter, fits organically into the Hundred Acre Wood. This is a respectable effort from somebody who honors the integrity of the original books, and I don't really have any problems with its inclusion in the canon. (To the extent that it is. And the disarming introduction, in which Eeyore predicts that the new writer will get everything wrong, helps in that regard.)
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I read this book to my 8yr old and i have always loved Pooh bear but i like the stories in this book but i did not like they way they were written.. it felt like i was stumbling over some parts just because of the way it was written
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5i was surprised and delighted.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5New adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh and friends written in the style of A.A.Milne with coloured-pencil illustrations in the original style of E.H.Shepard, involving Heffalumps, Heroes, Encouraging Ideas, and New Friends (Lottie the Otter). But - I couldn't help feeling the author was trying too hard to capture the one-time innocence of Hundred Acre Wood. He does, however, explain to Christopher Robin at the beginning that he will try to Get It Right with a small possibility of Getting It Wrong. Sadly though it reads like a slightly forced happy romp with our well-worn old friends, made more comfortable by simply delightful illustrations. I enjoyed the re-introduction to Pooh and friends but hope new readers of Pooh also try A.A.Milne's originals before saying "No" to Hundred Acre Wood at bedtime.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5“Looking over my shoulder, Pooh says, ‘Eighty is a good number really but it could just as well be eighty weeks or days or minutes as years,’ and I say: ‘Let’s call it eighty seconds, and then it will be as though no time has passed at all.’” It’s been eighty years since A. A. Milne warmed hearts across the globe with stories of Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and the whole Hundred Acre Wood gang. David Benedictus’ original continuation of tales about our very favorite Silly Old Bear is done with such skill that it feels as if only eighty seconds has passed. In these ten new stories, the Hundred Acre animals hold a Spelling Bee, meet a new slinky friend, decorate a tree for the bees, learn things at the Academy, and even play cricket. Can’t get enough of Winnie the Pooh? Try reading some of these lesser known A. A. Milne classics: When We Were Very Young, Now We are Six, or The Christopher Robin Book of Verse.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Pleasant enough, but there's no spark. And the new character, Lottie the Otter, is supremely annoying. Especially since it means that the only girl (Kanga is a mom, not a playmate) is vain, bossy, and full of herself.Don't bother with this; read the original two again instead.