Winnie-the-Pooh- wooh!

In case you haven't noticed it appears my blog is commonly a critique on children's books.  I suppose it can't be helped considering I am a nanny who lives without tv and is in the country, and limited in any traveling. It's true. I <3 books!

As any mom/ dad or day care provider quickly learns, there are good children's books and there are bad children's books.  Not bad, R-rated, books like the recent hit (go the *bleep* asleep book), but the poorly written/illustrated/how did this get published books that leave you falling asleep or wishing you had!

However, Winnie-the-Pooh is not one of those books.  Master D and I have been chewing on these pages for quite some time.  Earlier in the year we dined on the classic beginning "Winnie-the-Pooh" with its complete tales and poems and are now onto "The House At Pooh Corner".  Next in line are "When We Were Very Young" and "Now We Are Six" A.A. Miline's compilation of poems, which we may/may not get to, considering I have a mere two months left of this nanny gig.  As you probably know Winnie-the-Pooh is full of delightful characters, oddities, and diddies that are sure to delight both child and parent.  If you don't have time for reading this one, apparently the spoken book on tape, cd, mp3, whatsnext file is a joy to listen to says my sister & brother-in-law (proud parents of 3 children 5 & under). 

And if you haven't the time to read them all before the release of the upcoming movie this Friday, don't worry, as I always say, "watch the movie first and then read the book!"  Because who ever says, "the movie was better?!" No one! So that way you enjoy the movie for what it's worth and then dive into the deliciously written detailed book and you can't complain about either!

In the words of A.A. Miline himself, in the voice of Pooh,


... 3 Cheers for Pooh! (For who?), For Pooh- 3 Cheers for Bear! (For where?) For Bear-- 3 Chears for the wonderful Winnie-the-Pooh! (Just tell me, Somebody-- WHAT DID HE DO?)