A. A. Milne (1882–1956)

A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh Collection comprises both novels and two rhyme/poetry collections. The latter are full of heart-warming gems. Some of the poems stay with you for a long while after reading them. Where this collection shines, however, is in the two novels "Winnie-the-Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner". I genuinely think that those two volumes are perfect. They each contain 10 short tales out of the life of Christopher Robin and his friends. All of these distinct personalities show more accompany Christopher on his journey from very early childhood to the beginning of his school career. They are jam-packed with proper wisdom and provoke emotional responses ranging from hearty belly-laughs to sobs. Milne manages to capture the essence of what it means to be a child and makes it digestible both for children and adults.
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"The Ugly Duckling" is a short play by Winnie-the-Pooh author A.A. Milne, which reflects all the humor and wit and wordplay typical of its creator. It deals beautifully with ideas of the inherent dignity of human beings and what true beauty is about--but not in the trite and overused ways we often run into today! Instead it suggests maybe beauty is something that comes from choosing to look on someone with love. A thirty-minute delight.

Pooh encourages Eeyore to look for a four-leaf clover when he's having a particularly unlucky day, but the story goes super sappy when Eeyore realizes lucky charms aren't nearly as important as good friends when it comes to recovering from a bad day. Ick.

(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. Having a daughter gave us a chance to indoctrinate her into the cult by buying and reading her every Pooh book we came across. How many is that? I’m going to count them this show more year by reading and reviewing one every day and seeing which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
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Eeyore takes a notion that if his tail were happier, he'd be happier too. So he tries imitating other animal's tails until he finds one that actually does bring him happiness. But Christopher Robin craps all over the idea, shoving Eeyore back into the "sad and droopy" compartment he has assigned the donkey. That boy is such a brat!

(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. Having a daughter gave us a chance to indoctrinate her into the cult by buying and reading her every show more Pooh book we came across. How many is that? I’m going to count them this year by reading and reviewing one every day and seeing which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
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