A Sacrilege Has Been Committed
Oct. 18th, 2009 09:03 pmThe Hundred Acre Wood, Invaded
By CHRISTINE ROSENPity the person who attempts to update an icon—particularly if that icon is charming, ageless, fuzzy and embraced by children all over the world. Last week, Dutton Children's Books released "Return to the Hundred Acre Wood," the first authorized sequel to A.A. Milne's beloved Winnie-the-Pooh stories, which were first published in the 1920s. Over the years the Pooh Properties Trust has received many unsolicited proposals for a sequel, but it only recently approved British writer David Benedictus as the author of the first new Pooh book in nearly 80 years.
( A bossy female otter comes between a bear and his honey. )