Pooh Library original 4-volume set (Pooh Original Edition) (edition 1988)

We've read the tales and most of the poems. Still working through the poems, which tend to be a "mom, I need a break from chapter books" situation right now. ( )

Winnie the pooh was a good book but I was told not to read the book because it was not age qualifying but I would have read it if I could I only got to page 46 and over all it was a good book. Like when Winnie lost his kite and him and Chris had to go find it and they did they always pull thought. I do recommend the book to all readers, and it is a good book to read for the wise writing. It is one of those books that you should read in your life because what kid and or adult has not heard of Winnie the Pooh like come on. Read this book!!!

I grew up with Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin and to this day I cannot read the last chapter without crying: " with his eyes on the world Christopher Robin put out a hand and felt for Pooh's paw. "Pooh," said Christopher Robin earnesstly, "if I --- if I'm not quite ---" he stopped and tried again --- "Pooh, whatever happens, you will understand, won't you?" And wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on top of the forest, a little bear will always be waiting. I absolutely LOVE Milne's writing and am so grateful that he created such a wonderful little world in the woods. I can read his writings, including the poetry, over and over again. ( )

The Winnie-the-Pooh books were written more to please adults than children, but they succeed time after time on both counts. Part of their appeal is that they cast the child, Christopher Robin, in the role of a grown-up; in the Hundred Acre Wood, he is the knowledgeable expert on all things. At the same time, they allow adults to capture their childhood in the other characters, providing a filter through which we can look on with melancholy at the prospect of Christopher Robin growing up and leaving this part of his life behind. The stories provide not only escapism for the adult looking to return to the simpler thoughts and values of his youth, but comfort for the parent watching wistfully as their child grows from three to six and beyond, knowing that it won't last forever but that somehow, a part of it will always be there in memory. The stories themselves are also so extraordinary in their observational window on the childhood mind; the things that happen to Pooh and his friends are the kind of adventures one sees when young logic goes awry, rather than being explicitly didactic and moralising. Each character has his own faults, which are never criticised, but simply dealt with in a quiet, tolerant, and characteristically English way. Pooh is never chastised for his tubbiness, or Piglet for his cowardice, or Rabbit and Owl for their snootiness, or Eeyore for his pessimism, or Tigger for his careless exuberance; somehow, all of these things are just part of who these individuals are, and in no way hinder them from accomplishing Very Grand Things. ( )

I love the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh. Each chapter in the novels is a self-contained story and each chapter is a really good length for reading out loud. Someday, my son will love to look at the illustrations as I read. These illustrations are, of course, classic.

When I read the last chapter of The House at Pooh Corner (“Chapter Ten: In Which Christopher Robin and Pooh Come to an Enchanted Place, and We Leave Them There”) I am horribly sad because I know what comes: Christopher Robin says good-bye as he leaves for school. How sad it is that childhood must end, that doing nothing must end!

These are great books for kids and for adults! I love having them together in one volume with A.A. Milne's poetry.

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