Author strives to echo Milne in 'Winnie-the-Pooh' sequel

[Jay Tea]

It seems that a new Winnie-the-pooh book is due out next month, and the good news is that the Milne Estate have approved and authorized the work - mine's on order

'But are you really going to write us new adventures?' Christopher Robin asks.

'Because we rather liked the old ones.'

A sentence or so later Eeyore gives his thoughts - and, unsurprisingly, they are not encouraging.

'He'll get it wrong,' says Eeyore, 'see if he doesn't. What does he know about donkeys?'

And now, a spot of good book news among the bleak: 2009 will see the return of Winnie the Pooh. The estate of A.A. Milne has authorized a sequel to the original Pooh books and A.P. Dutton Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Books, will publish “Return to the Hundred Acre Wood” on Oct. 5.

The Milne estate had long been wanting to authorize a sequel, Pooh trustee Michael Brown told the press. But the right author and artist were needed. Author David Benedictus (who did two successful audio adaptations of the Pooh books) and artist Mark Burgess have “captured the spirit and quality of those original books,” said Brown.

Milne himself wrote only two Pooh books “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926) and “The House at Pooh Corner” (1928). Each has been translated into more than 50 languages.

Splendid news, I adore Winnie-the Pooh, there's just something about it all that tugs away at the eternal spinning childhood within me, a childhood that although distant in years, will only ever be a thought away.

Disney bought the movie, television, and merchandise rights from the Milne estate in 1961, but most Pooh purists do not consider the Disney characters to be an extension of the true Pooh.

No, we do not.



“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”

[snopes]

Eeyore the donkey, still gloomy after all these years, is dubious, but he and others in A.A. Milne's children's classic, Winnie-the-Pooh, are in for some new adventures in the first authorized full-length sequel in more than 80 years.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/n...the-pooh_N.htm

[Jay Tea]

For the record - my edition (ostensibily for my niece) arrived at the weekend and it really is splendid. It carries the same sense of richness as the original stuff and as such is as good for the nostalgia of we adults as it is worthwhile for the kids

[Mateus]

So the CGI-rendered Winnie the Pooh who solves mysteries with Tigger and a freckle-faced young girl isn't considered canonical?

[Jay Tea]

Originally Posted by Mateus

So the CGI-rendered Winnie the Pooh who solves mysteries with Tigger and a freckle-faced young girl isn't considered canonical?