Three Cheers for Pooh: A Celebration of the Best Bear in All the World - Hardcover

Brian Sibley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0416199178 ISBN 13: 9780416199178

Publisher: Egmont Childrens Books, 2001

Synopsis

Winnie the Pooh, the bear introduced to us in 1926 by A.A.Milne, has become a World-wide celebrity. He is introduced to us again, seventy five years later, by Brian Sibley, in this celebration of The best Bear in All The World. From Christopher Robin's beloved toy teddy bear, to the Bear known and loved by children everywhere, Brian Sibley explores how Pooh got his name, how A.A.Milne came to write the stories found in Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, and how, with the help of E.H.Shepard's endearing illustrations of Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin and his Bear will always be playing. This special book is a celebration of Pooh's life and his 75th Anniversary.

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Review

Seventy-five years after he was introduced to readers by author A.A. Milne, the "best bear in all the world" continues to delight new generations of children (and one or two grownups, as well!) in such classics as Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. Brian Sibley, avid Pooh devotee (and editor of The Pooh Book of Quotations), here gathers a fascinating collection of biographical information about Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne, the real Christopher Robin, Ernest H. Shepard, and many other "collaborators" in the creation of a childhood archetype. Readers will learn Milne's initial opinion of Shepard as an illustrator, how Pooh came to have so many names, and whether there was ever a real bear named Winnie. Packed with illustrations and sketches by Shepard, as well as photographs, newspaper articles, and manuscript pages, this attractively designed book will please Pooh fans of all ages--and answer a few long-wondered questions about the beginnings of the beloved Bear of Very Little Brain. (Ages 7 and older) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author

BRIAN SIBLEY is a writer, broadcaster, and life-long Pooh aficionado. His first radio programme was a celebration of Pooh's fiftieth birthday followed, a few years later, by a radio play about A. A. Milne. He compiled The Pooh Book of Quotations and edited The Pooh Sketch Book. Among other titles are Harry Potter, Film Wizardry; the Official Movie Guides to Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and Aardman Animation's Chicken Run and Pirates!; Peter Jackson: A Filmmaker's Journey; The Thomas the Tank Engine Man; The Land of Narnia and Shadowlands. Co-authored volumes include: Tolkien's Maps of Middle-earth; Cracking Animation; The Disney Studio Story; Mickey Mouse: His Life and Times and Mary Poppins: Anything Can Happen If You Let It. Brian is also the author of many award-winning BBC radio dramatizations including The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, The History of Titus Groan, Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre and, this coming autumn, The Once and Future King.

About this edition

• Publisher: Egmont Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0416199178
• ISBN 13: 9780416199178
• Binding: Hardcover