For the second week of the Children’s Readathon, hosted by This is My Truth Now, we are reading Children’s Readathon Award Winners.
Winnie-The-Pooh is the first that I read. I enjoyed reading this book again, especially with the movie Christopher Robin coming out. I read the 80th Anniversary Edition (it came out in 2006) which means that this book is close to celebrating its 100th Anniversary and is just as inviting to children today as it was then.
The book is made up of chapters, which are actually individual stories. Winnie-The-Pooh was actually called Edward Bear, and Christopher Robin named him Winnie the Pooh after seeing Winnie the Bear at the zoo. All the characters I remember were in the book, stuffed animals Piglet, Kanga and Roo, real animals Rabbit and Owl. Tigger is not in this book, he appeared in the second one. Children will enjoy these stories about these talking animals and their friend Christopher Robin. They are constantly having adventures or getting themselves in trouble. Such fun! Reading one story a night before bedtime would help introduce a new generation to Winnie-The-Pooh. The illustrations are reproductions from the original watercolours done by Ernest H. Shepard and are so whimsical and bring back an earlier, easygoing time.
I didn’t remember the songs that Pooh made up in the story, but I still remember the songs from the Disney movie. My mother bought me a copy of the soundtrack on LP and I listened to it over and over. I loved those songs.
This was a great choice for the Award Winning Books and I am happy that I got a chance to read it again.
August 22, 2018 at 8:43 pm
Good job!
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August 22, 2018 at 10:25 pm
Thanks Rae.
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August 19, 2018 at 6:44 am
This is my favorite book ever!
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August 19, 2018 at 7:54 am
It is amazing. I need to get out the little series I bought for my children to read again and again to my grandchildren.
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August 19, 2018 at 5:32 am
Winnie the Pooh is one of my favourite’s! I adore A.A.Milne, writing! I have a book of his poetry!
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August 19, 2018 at 7:56 am
I will have to read more of his writing. I think this is the only one I have read. I don’t even think I read the House at Pooh Corner.
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August 18, 2018 at 4:08 pm
These pictures are amazing. Your review stands out! Love it. Linked it on the main page @ https://thisismytruthnow.com/childrens-books-readathon-august-2018/childrens-readathon-award-winners/
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August 18, 2018 at 4:17 pm
Thanks James.
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August 18, 2018 at 3:13 pm
I will buy this for my niece as I like Winnie the Pooh.. I will buy it for me but pretend to give it to her… 😂😂 Can I be so mean? 🤔🤔🤣🤣
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August 18, 2018 at 3:39 pm
Read it to her whenever she comes over, then you can share it.
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August 18, 2018 at 3:49 pm
You sound like my sister when she teaches my niece share with aunty… This time sis is going to tell me – share with niece 😂😂😂😂😂(Psst I may not want to share it. I love Winnie, he is so cute)
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August 18, 2018 at 4:19 pm
It must be the grandma in me.
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August 18, 2018 at 4:20 pm
But girl, you rock
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August 18, 2018 at 2:40 pm
Such a fun, sweet book–of the same temperament as Mr. Rogers.
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August 18, 2018 at 3:03 pm
It sure is.
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August 18, 2018 at 2:27 pm
Winnie the Pooh is my favorite! My kids have this in a box set, each “chapter” is its own little book. 🙂
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August 18, 2018 at 4:19 pm
I have that set as well. I read them to my children, but something about the illustrations in this one really set a different tone for me.
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