As a child, Winnie the Pooh was one of my favourite characters. I watched his television programmes, films and even had an interactive book. However, I never read the entirety of the original tales. I picked up an old copy of Pooh in a charity shop and decided that I would read it this week. Here is what I thought of the source material:
What I liked:
The illustrations were beautifully done and very sweet.

Some parts of the stories were full of heart.
What I did not like:
There were quite a few times that I did not think this book was suitable for children. Here are some examples:
Christopher Robin has a gun in the first story: I was shocked to find that a young boy was stated to take a gun with him everywhere and even used it to shoot Pooh’s balloon down. I wondered why A. A. Milne did not introduce Owl to grab Pooh (Tigger was not in this book).
They starved Pooh for a week to get him out of the rabbit hole!
A lot of the characters did not seem to be very nice to Eeyore and Pooh was the obvious favourite.
The illustrations were beautifully done and very sweet.

Some parts of the stories were full of heart.
What I did not like:
There were quite a few times that I did not think this book was suitable for children. Here are some examples:
Christopher Robin has a gun in the first story: I was shocked to find that a young boy was stated to take a gun with him everywhere and even used it to shoot Pooh’s balloon down. I wondered why A. A. Milne did not introduce Owl to grab Pooh (Tigger was not in this book).
They starved Pooh for a week to get him out of the rabbit hole!
A lot of the characters did not seem to be very nice to Eeyore and Pooh was the obvious favourite.
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