June 05, 2014

Winnie The Pooh Named Kids' Favourite Book


                                                                       



                                                                                                                                           
I still have a hardback copy of this book, complete with leather binding and gold edging, from my childhood.

The illustrations are vastly different from what you see above. Trouble is I can't remember where I put it for safe-keeping!

The original illustrations were  done by E.H. Shepard.

The books by A. A. Milne seem to have stood the test of time: still going strong since 1926!

It's interesting that many of the books mentioned below have been animated or made into movies, several by Walt Disney, who made many old classics into movies ,including another favourite of mine "Peter Pan" by J.M.Barrie, as well as "Mary Poppins".

"Treasure Island" seems to have fared very well, considering it was written in 1883, as has "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" (1865). Disney animated that also, and there has been a recent movie with Johnny Depp too.

How could anyone not enjoy this classic pirate adventure which must have inspired so many other movies and books?

Oddly enough there is no mention of the "Harry Potter" books.

That's almost inexplicable considering their sales and the success of the movies that followed.
                                                                          


I wonder how well these books would have fared without being in the public eye via movies and merchandising?
WINNIE The Pooh has been named the best-loved children's book of the last 150 years in a poll. 
AA Milne's classic, published in 1926, was the first volume of stories about Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and the "bear of very little brain".

                                                                   


Lewis Carroll's fantasy novel Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (1865) came second, followed by The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969) by US author and illustrator Eric Carle.

In fifth place, The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson, published in 1999 and about a monster's encounter with a little brown mouse, is the most recent book on the list, which is dominated by British authors.

No books published since 2000 have made it in to the top 10, according to the YouGov poll.
Roald Dahl has two books in the top 10 - Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (1964) in sixth place and The BFG (1982) - set to be adapted into a new film directed by Steven Spielberg - in ninth.

The rest of the top 10 include The Hobbit (1937), in fourth place, Black Beauty (1877), in seventh, Treasure Island (1883), in the eighth slot and in tenth place The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (1950).

                                                                  

The results were published to coincide with an initiative to promote reading and support vulnerable children in Britain.

By Sherna Noah

With thanks to The Australian

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