The House at Pooh Corner: Colored Edition

by A. A. Milne, Ernest B Shephard (Illustrator)

Overview

English authors A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard created the fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear known as Winnie-the-Pooh (also referred to as Edward Bear, Pooh Bear, or just Pooh). Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's Evening News for Christmas Eve 1925. The character is based on a stuffed toy Milne bought for his son, Christopher Robin, in Harrod's department store.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781957990514
Publisher:	Ancient Wisdom Publications
Publication date:	01/01/2024
Pages:	86
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.18(d)
Age Range:	2 - 12 Years

About the Author

A. A. Milne (1882–1956) was an English playwright, poet, and author. He served in both World Wars, but in peacetime devoted himself to writing. He is best known for his Winnie-the-Pooh books, which were inspired by his son, Christopher Robin Milne.

Ernest Shepard (1879–1976) was an English painter and book illustrator. Encouraged by his parents to pursue art, he attended the Royal Academy Schools and began his career illustrating for Punch magazine. During the First World War, he aided the Intelligence Department by sketching combat areas, and he was later awarded the Military Cross for his service with the Royal Artillery. In addition to his work as an artist, Shepard wrote two autobiographies and two novels for children. He is best remembered for his anthropomorphic animal illustrations in The Wind and the Willows and the Winnie-the-Pooh series.

Hometown:

Cotchford Farm, Sussex, England

Date of Birth:

January 18, 1882

Date of Death:

January 31, 1956

Place of Birth:

Hampstead, London

Place of Death:

Cotchford Farm, Sussex, England

Education:

Trinity College, Cambridge University (mathematics), 1903

Website:

http://www.penguinputnam.com

Editorial Reviews

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

Tim Wynne-Jones

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.

School Library Journal

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

DEC/JAN 99 - AudioFile