A Tale from Winnie-The-Pooh and a Smackerel of Verse

by A.A. Milne

Little ones who love Winnie-the-Pooh and terrific textures to touch and feel will delight in this year's Winnie-the-Pooh's Touch and Feel. On every sturdy page, baby will have endless interactive fun with ten tactile elements, ranging from Pooh's sticky honey to Piglet's rubbery red balloon to a mirror displaying Tigger's stripy reflection. The youngest Pooh admirers won't be able to keep their hands off this charming book, filled with Ernest H. Shepard's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0146001044
• ISBN13: 9780146001048
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent reading of the book.

This is a review of the Jim Broadbent recording of the first Winnie the Pooh book. Although it does seem to include the other recordings I have heard, and I expect his version of The House at Pooh Corner would be quite similar.Jim Broadbendt does a great job reading us WtP. Anyone who has heard the Charles Kuralt version- this version is 300% better. Jim not only has a sense of of humor, but does a different voice for each character. Two things sorely lacking on the CK versions. Now, for those who have heard the Peter Dennis recordings, well, those are better, there's no getting around that. Peter's piglet cannot be topped and he also does the most wonderful versions of the songs I have ever heard. But alas, those tapes are no longer available and Dennis never recorded the entire book(s). So, I figure Jim is still deserving of the 5 stars.Broadbent does a wonderful job of bringing out the humor in the stories, something which the Kuralt recordings do not. His Eeyore does sound a bit like Ringo Starr- but, that works rather well now, doesn't it? Pooh, well, he's a bit on the not-so-bright side, but he's cheerful and trustworthy. Piglet does sound timid and sweet. Rabbit, well, he could be a bit more edgey in these. Jim has made Rabbit a bit more sympthetic a character than I envision him. Still, the subtle nuances are not lost, even on children. And, it is nice to have an unabridged version of the story available. My children just love these cds. Which is nice. It's always good to have something that the entire family enjoys and is still a worthwhile use of time. Especialy something that one can listen to in the car that doesn't bore the pants off the driver and yet amuses the children enough to keep them quiet. I highly recommend this version for anyone who would like to expose their child to the original Pooh stories.

The finest Pooh audiocassettes ever recorded!

[This is a review of the Hodder/Headline audiocassette version] I learned to read by listening (again and again and again and again) to a pair of well-loved and well-worn LPs of the Pooh stories read by Maurice Evans. I always considered them the finest Pooh audiobooks ever recorded. Up until now! Now there's this wonderful series of fully-dramatized adventures of Pooh featuring a brilliant cast of wonderful British actors: Stephen Fry ("Jeeves and Wooster") as Pooh, Geoffrey Palmer ("The Madness of King George") as Eeyore, Judy Dench ("Shakespeare in Love") as Kanga...and best of all, the *incomparable* Jane Horrocks ("Little Voice" and Bubble from "AbFab") as a squeaky, alarmed, and altogether adorable Piglet. You don't have to be a kid to appreciate these fine recordings (and there are plenty of adult Pooh fans out there who will *love* these versions). Accept no substitutes: this is simply the finest Pooh audio series yet created, beating by a *far* distance the Alan Bennett and (ugh!) Charles Kuralt versions.

Classic Pooh for 2001

If you are a lover of "classic" Pooh, the Milne version with art illustration by Ernest H. Shepard, then you will love these calendars with excerpts from the THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, WINNIE-THE-POOH and other A.A. Milne writings. The stickers at the back of the calendar are great for children (and adults) to use to identify significant and special days. I am a grandmother and give these calendars to family because they are such fun! Pooh still brightens our lives.

Read it as an adult now. Because it's *that* sort of book.

I first read Pooh as a child, when my mornings were spent with the Spotted or Herbaceous Backson, and my afternoons were spent doing Nothing. It was a good book then, which I really enjoyed.But I don't do Nothing any more. Well, not so much. They don't let you. Now my life is spent going around and around the thicket looking for the Woozle, or going bump, bump, bump down the stairs, thinking that there must be a better way, if only I could stop bumping long enough to think of it.Now I need Pooh. I need to be reminded that spelling isn't everything - that there are some days when spelling TUESDAY simply doesn't count.Pooh and Piglet are wondering where you've been. Eeyore told them that you're not coming back. "They've forgotten" said Eeyore. "Typical," said Eeyore. "How Like Them," he said.But you can come back, you know. You can find a Thoughtful Spot, or join an Expotition for the North Pole, or even drop sticks off a bridge.Because the Forest will always be there, and anyone who is Friendly with Bears can find it.

A real winner at our house!

I am reviewing the BBC tape of Winnie the Pooh, House at Pooh Corner, A Party for Pooh, and When We Were Very Young (four tape set). This set has become a very beloved member of our home! My three-year-old son can easily listen to this for an hour, and the wonderful thing is that after many hours of listening, I still find the stories charming and funny. The narrators are just masters at characterization. Now these tapes live in our car, and we pop them in EVERY time we are driving! Wonderful, wonderful find!