The Best of Winnie-the-Pooh (A Gift Book and CD) [Hardcover]

A. A. Milne (Author), Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator), Charles Kuralt (Contributor)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Winnie-The-Pooh Collection

The distinctive rumble of Charles Kuralt's voice brings a new dimension to the Pooh stories and poems in this handsome boxed set. This uniquely designed package includes an elegant full-color book, storage box with magnetic closure, and an hour-long compact disc. From Pooh's search for honey to Christopher Robin's heartfelt ode to Pooh, the three stories and seven poems offered here are truly the best of Milne and Shepard. Full color All Ages. Pub: 11/97. .

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The Best of Winnie-the-Pooh gift set includes an hour-long audio CD and a beautifully illustrated hardcover book, tidily packaged in a colorful storage box. Capturing that kind, cracking Pooh voice we all know and love, the late roving journalist Charles Kuralt invites Pooh fans of all ages on a variety of adventures. Join in as Pooh sings, "How sweet to be a cloud floating in the blue! Every little cloud always sings aloud!" Or listen as "Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place," the timeless tale of a hungry Pooh in pursuit of honey. Featuring selected stories and poems from A.A. Milne's acclaimed Pooh books, Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, and Now We Are Six, listeners and readers get a splendid dose of the beloved "silly old bear!" (Running time: one hour, one audio CD) --Cate Bick

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525459340
• ISBN-13: 978-0525459347
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,639,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Charles Kuralt is a bore, June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Winnie-the-Pooh (A Gift Book and CD) (Hardcover)

Several months ago, I purchased a set of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories narrated by Peter Dennis on tape. Not being able to find these on CD I purchased this CD narrated by Charles Kuralt. What a disappointment! He reads the stories with almost no inflection and absolutely no changes in character voices. If you want a really great rendition of these wonderfully funny and witty stories, seek out the ones narrated by Peter Dennis. Charles Kuralt was better at the news, with adults. Yawn!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining for kids and adults, May 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Winnie-the-Pooh (A Gift Book and CD) (Hardcover)

Charles Kuralt reads these stories wonderfully...just the right sort of dry wit that I suspect A.A. Milne had in mind. My daughter falls asleep to the Pooh stories every night; first we read the book, and then she listens to the CD while she goes to sleep. Incidentally, the complete text of "Winnie-the-Pooh" ('though not "The House At Pooh Corner", as far as I know) read by Kuralt is available on audio cassette from Penguin Audiobooks.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First-rate bedtime story telling, June 8, 2000

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Michael Murnane & Renee Murnane - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Winnie-the-Pooh (A Gift Book and CD) (Hardcover)

True, this title won't leave your kids wide-eyed and jumping on the furniture, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. My 31 year-old wife has difficulty falling asleep at night after stressful days at the office, and let me tell you, Mr. Kuralt's deep, comfortable, fatherly voice does the trick every time. The readings are low-key but very well delivered--perfectly suited for the subtle genius that permeates the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. My only disappointment is that Kuralt didn't record more of Milne's 20+ Pooh stories (the CD contains 3 stories and some poems). If he had, I would have snapped them up in a heartbeat.