The Complete Tales of Winnie-The-Pooh - Hardcover

Milne, A. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525457232 ISBN 13: 9780525457237

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1996

Synopsis

Celebrate 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh with this newly updated, deluxe anniversary edition!

*This full-color collectible includes the complete texts of both Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner and features gorgeously patterned sprayed edges, a satin ribbon marker, and illustrated endpapers of the Hundred Acre Wood.*

Since 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends—Piglet, Owl, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, and the ever doleful Eeyore—have endured as the unforgettable creations of A. A. Milne, who wrote two books of Pooh’s adventures for his son, Christopher Robin, and Ernest H. Shepard, who lovingly gave them shape through his iconic and beautiful illustrations.

These characters and their stories are timeless treasures of childhood that continue to speak to all of us with the kind of freshness and heart that distinguishes true storytelling.

This deluxe volume brings both Pooh stories—Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner—together in one beautiful, full-color edition. The texts are complete and unabridged, and all of the illustrations, each gloriously recolored, are included. Elegant yet simple, whimsical yet wise, this classic edition is a book to savor and treasure.

An essential for every bookshelf, The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh is the perfect gift for a holiday, to welcome a new baby, or for your favorite collector and book lover.

About this title

About the Author

A. A. Milne was born in 1882 in London. He was a playwright and journalist as well as a poet and storyteller. His classic children's books were inspired by his son, Christopher Robin. Milne died in 1956.

Ernest H. Shepard was born in 1879 in England. His pictures of the Pooh characters are based on real toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne. Shepard died in 1976.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

ONCE UPON A TIME, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders.

One day when he was out walking, he came to an open place in the middle of the forest, and in the middle of this place was a large oak-tree, and, from the top of the tree, there came a loud buzzing noise.

Winnie-the-Pooh sat down at the foot of the tree, put his head between his paws and began to think.

First of all he said to himself: “That buzzing-noise means something. You don’t get a buzzing-noise like that, just buzzing and buzzing, without its meaning something. If there’s a buzzing-noise, somebody’s making a buzzing-noise, and the only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you’re a bee.”

Then he thought another long time, and said: “And the only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey.”

And then he got up, and said: “And the only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it.” So he began to climb the tree.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525457232
• ISBN 13: 9780525457237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Shepard Ernest H.
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368