Tim Wynne-Jones
The House at Pooh Corner is, to this day, my favorite childhood book, as much for Shepard's illustrations, I'm sure, as for Milne's brilliant text.
— Riverbank Review
School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 5-For nearly 80 years, the well-known characters of A.A. Milne's Hundred Acre Wood have enchanted young and old alike with their sense of wonder, imagination, and whimsy. Pooh Bear, Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Christopher Robin all come alive through the talented and magical voice of Peter Dennis, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and a guest star on such varied shows as Friends, Seinfeld, and Star Trek: Voyager. His nuanced, clear pronunciation catches the snort in Piglet's voice, the high-spiritedness of Roo's voice, Eeyore's pomposity, the energetic voice of Tigger, and Pooh's slow, sweet drawl. Don Davis's beautiful clarinet music between each story will delight listeners. Each story is listed on the CD and tracked for easy bookmarking. An excellent addition to any children's library collection.-Larry Cooperman, Florida Metropolitan University, Orlando Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
DEC/JAN 99 - AudioFile
To fully appreciate this dramatization, the listener must never have viewed any of the Disney Pooh cartoons--because here Pooh is not articulated by Sterling Holloway, and none of the other characters sound the same either. With Disney out of mind, the reviewer can determine that Stephen Fry and the other actors do a good job, the music is fine and the audio quality is excellent. But when Jane Horrocks's Piglet appears, even the most tolerant adult listener will want to drag fingernails across a blackboard to drown her out--she is suffocatingly cutesy. No doubt 3-year-olds will like it anyway. D.W. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine
