The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Updating classic books and characters calls for a balance between the spirit and the words of the past There's a new Enid Blyton in the shops for Christmas, fashioned by her granddaughter and featuring Noddy. Sophie Smallwood says she's "done her absolute best" to keep the characters as Enid created them, though she's added Stumpy the Elephant. She follows David Benedictus,...
FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
A.A. Milne’s stories about Pooh and his forest friends have been loved by generations of children and their parents ever since the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh in 1926. Now, eighty years on, David Benedictus takes up the pen where Milne left of. Return to the Hundred Acre Wood is the much-anticipated official sequel to Winnie-the-Pooh and The [...]
forces of geek (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Much has been made recently about Return to the Hundred Acre Wood , a new, authorized collection of Pooh stories (the first in eighty years) by David Benedictus, attempting to follow in the footsteps of the original author, A.A. Milne. The book introduces a new character, Lottie the Otter, who is full of herself and forgetful. Ultimately, the entire enterprise is ill-conceived and unsuccessful,...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
There's a rumor going round Hundred Acre Wood that Christopher Robin has returned. Some thought it would never happen, but after more than 80 years away, he's back, and so are Winnie-the-Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet and the gang.Written by novelist David Benedictus and illustrated by Mark Burgess, "Return to the Hundred Acre Wood" is the first authorized sequel to A.A. Milne's Pooh stories since...
Clamouring to become visible... (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... Read at least one book per month. Books read this month - Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus, Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore. Assorted running goals Winter is a good time to start running... Or to plan to start running...
