Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees

by A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator)

This volume contains a complete chapter from the original Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne and features Pooh and his friends. Ernest Shepard's beloved illustrations accompany each story and will delight the countless fans--young and old--of the Most Favorite Bear of All.
--back cover

Genres: Childrens, Classics, Picture Books, Fiction, Animals, Fantasy, Young Readers

28 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1926

About the author

Alan Alexander Milne (pronounced /ˈmɪln/) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems.

A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London, to parents Vince Milne and Sarah Marie Milne (née Heginbotham) and grew up at Henley House School, 6/7 Mortimer Road (now Crescent), Kilburn, a small public school run by his father. One of his teachers was H. G. Wells who taught there in 1889–90. Milne attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied on a mathematics scholarship. While there, he edited and wrote for Granta, a student magazine. He collaborated with his brother Kenneth and their articles appeared over the initials AKM. Milne's work came to the attention of the leading British humour magazine Punch, where Milne was to become a contributor and later an assistant editor.

Milne joined the British Army in World War I and served as an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and later, after a debilitating illness, the Royal Corps of Signals. He was discharged on February 14, 1919.

After the war, he wrote a denunciation of war titled Peace with Honour (1934), which he retracted somewhat with 1940's War with Honour. During World War II, Milne was one of the most prominent critics of English writer P. G. Wodehouse, who was captured at his country home in France by the Nazis and imprisoned for a year. Wodehouse made radio broadcasts about his internment, which were broadcast from Berlin. Although the light-hearted broadcasts made fun of the Germans, Milne accused Wodehouse of committing an act of near treason by cooperating with his country's enemy. Wodehouse got some revenge on his former friend by creating fatuous parodies of the Christopher Robin poems in some of his later stories, and claiming that Milne "was probably jealous of all other writers.... But I loved his stuff."

He married Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt in 1913, and their only son, Christopher Robin Milne, was born in 1920. In 1925, A. A. Milne bought a country home, Cotchford Farm, in Hartfield, East Sussex. During World War II, A. A. Milne was Captain of the Home Guard in Hartfield & Forest Row, insisting on being plain 'Mr. Milne' to the members of his platoon. He retired to the farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 left him an invalid and by August 1953 "he seemed very old and disenchanted".

He was 74 years old when he passed away in 1956.

Reviews

[Mir · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have the complete Winnie-the-Pooh but picked this up for my 4-year-old niece. She seemed to like it.

[Sena · Rating 4 out of 5]

so cute and nostalgic but also.....tell me why christopher robin has a gun he brings everywhere, just in case?

[Aroha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked how pooh really committed to the cloud disguise an persevered even though there were many suspicious bees

[Carly Powers · Rating 5 out of 5]

didn't realize these were so funny!

[Ferial Fattahi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well! You can never tell with bees! Can you?

[Stephen Bruce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Een leuk verhaal, goed voor mijn niveau van nederlands. De namen van de personen zijn wat grappig:

Winnie-the-Pooh = Winnie-de-Poeh
Piglet = Knorretje (grunter?)
Eeyore = Iejoor
Roo = Roe
Rabbit = Konijn
Tigger = Teigertje
Owl = Uil

[Megan Kerr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Winnie the Pooh will always be one of my favorite literary characters. The stories will always hold up for generations.

[Tristan · Rating 5 out of 5]

My wife started reading this out loud to me as a joke and then read the whole thing to me. I’ll treasure that.

[Caleb M. Powers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful and clever.

[Luke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Silly old bear! 🧸🍯🐝

[Donnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute wee read!

[Hayley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why does Christopher Robin carry a gun at all times like he’s in the mafia

[Suzanne Cefola · Rating 4 out of 5]

A classic story with all the familiar Pooh comments:)

[Gretchen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Winnie the Pooh or, as Christopher Robin tells the narrator, "He's Winnie-ther-Pooh. Don't you know what ther means?"

And the narrator replies, " 'Ah, yes, now I do,' I said quickly; and I hope you do too, because it is all the explanation you are going to get."

This is the story that introduced Winnie to the world and ... I started to say one of my favorites, except I like them all. Still, the lengths Winnie goes to, with the aid of Christopher Robin, to get to the honey high up in a tree, are funny and charming and so very Pooh-ish. He makes me laugh out loud when he declares that the bees are suspicious!

When flummoxed, Winnie just changes his point of view:

"I have been thinking and I have come to a very important decision. these are the wrong sort of bees."

I wish I was as sanguine as Pooh.

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was a good way of starting the collection, the illustrations are amazing and I love the way its wrote.


"isn't it funny
how a bear likes honey?
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
I wonder why he does?"

[Ali Book&Seaglasshunter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This adaptation of Pooh and his plan to steal honey from the bees is told in a similar way as the original story, rather than the Disney version. It’s still similar enough to be recognizable by a child who only knows the Disney version. It has a nice sense of humor and Poohs plan is delightfully absurd. The illustrations are simple but perfect for the story.
Christopher Robin does carry along a gun which he uses to shot down Poohs balloon to escape the bees. This is something that adults might want to consider discussing with children while reading or otherwise use their judgement on how this plan would be received by a young child.

[Ameli Fiore · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is really cute and sweet. My favorite character is Pooh because he is very funny when he gets stuck in the sky, trying to get the honey from the beehive. What surprised me the most was that the Pooh went up in the tree in the first place. Because I know I wouldn't have done that if I were him. But that's just silly old Pooh. I would not have changed the ending because it was sweet and Pooh got down from the tree. So, that was good and fun and exciting and great. I just love this book because it was sweet.

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved that this adaptation divided the long story excerpt into more manageable chapters for young readers.
Content: Christopher Robin has a gun (pop gun?) and shoots at the balloon, hitting Pooh at mistake at first and then hitting the balloon to deflate it on the second attempt.

[Derrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pooh’s introductory book was phenomenal. It was a nice origin story for Pooh and had a good plot. The story also was a fun journey filled with various memorable events iconic to the yellow bear. A nice read with a decent plot.

[M.R.W. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't think I had these read to me as a child. However reading the first one to mine was decent enough and it has some nice lessons of perseverance and learning that sometimes plans don't work out but that's ok 😊

[Rosetta Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this story as a child and decided to read it again and all the loving memories come flying back. i still love these crazy stories of a boy and his bear.

[Aasinathena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun read !

[Cherry · Rating 4 out of 5]

It warms my heart reading this, as Winnie The Pooh is my favourite bear of all times.

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice book to read to small children with teddy bears before bedtime

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

11/5/20 Read with Julia

[Janice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic. So much fun reading these stories again and again.

[Laura Forner · Rating 5 out of 5]

nope this is absolutely not allowed to be as cute as it is

[Fia | Sivujensalat · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Emily Weigel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a lot of fun to read aloud to my daughter! She is going to grow up loving Winnie-the-Pooh, just as I did.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now why did my boy Christopher Robin have a gun with him 😭