I was skeptical about this book at first, who wouldn't be right? However, I am happy to say that I am delighted to be back in the forest with my dear friends, Christopher Robin, Piglet and Pooh. The writing is every bit as wonderful as I had hoped and I could not put it down! I have read and re-read all of Milne's work for as long as I can remember, this is the first time I feel like he has reached down and added to his magical library for us all to enjoy. ( )

New adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh and friends written in the style of A.A.Milne with coloured-pencil illustrations in the original style of E.H.Shepard, involving Heffalumps, Heroes, Encouraging Ideas, and New Friends (Lottie the Otter).

But - I couldn't help feeling the author was trying too hard to capture the one-time innocence of Hundred Acre Wood. He does, however, explain to Christopher Robin at the beginning that he will try to Get It Right with a small possibility of Getting It Wrong. Sadly though it reads like a slightly forced happy romp with our well-worn old friends, made more comfortable by simply delightful illustrations. I enjoyed the re-introduction to Pooh and friends but hope new readers of Pooh also try A.A.Milne's originals before saying "No" to Hundred Acre Wood at bedtime. ( )

“Looking over my shoulder, Pooh says, ‘Eighty is a good number really but it could just as well be eighty weeks or days or minutes as years,’ and I say: ‘Let’s call it eighty seconds, and then it will be as though no time has passed at all.’”

It’s been eighty years since A. A. Milne warmed hearts across the globe with stories of Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and the whole Hundred Acre Wood gang. David Benedictus’ original continuation of tales about our very favorite Silly Old Bear is done with such skill that it feels as if only eighty seconds has passed.

In these ten new stories, the Hundred Acre animals hold a Spelling Bee, meet a new slinky friend, decorate a tree for the bees, learn things at the Academy, and even play cricket.

Can’t get enough of Winnie the Pooh? Try reading some of these lesser known A. A. Milne classics: When We Were Very Young, Now We are Six, or The Christopher Robin Book of Verse. ( )

A Winnie-the-Pooh sequel of sorts. David Benedictus is no A.A Milne but this is a reasonable effort and the illustrations are similar to Shephard's drawings. But it lacks the charm of the original stories and the older Christopher Robin isn't very convincing. It wasn't terrible, but having read the originals immediately prior probably meant I was more sensitised to its weaknesses as a sequel. ( )

Pleasant enough, but there's no spark. And the new character, Lottie the Otter, is supremely annoying. Especially since it means that the only girl (Kanga is a mom, not a playmate) is vain, bossy, and full of herself.

Don't bother with this; read the original two again instead. ( )