Winnie the Pooh. By A. A. Millie. (Methuen. 7s. M.)
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(Reviewed by Crystal Herbert, aged 11.) I =mug this book which has just been written by A. A. Milne is very good and well written in most ways. 'though, anyhow, I think a male name would have been better than Winnie, for a bear, i.e., Johnnie the Pooh. I think it is a very good idea having a story about animals. because every child: nearly always likes them ; that is my main reason for liking it: The book is about Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet, in which are related the adventures of them and 6TMilly other It must be very exciting and interesting for small children, especially the adventures of Pooh; Piglet, and Christopher Robin. When Piglet was entirely surrounded by water, so sent a message in a bottle to Christopher Robin, or Pooh, whoever found it ; and when Pooh, who found it, thought it was a message for him, he took it to Christopher Robin. I felt sorry for poor old Eeyore, and I think it would have been better to have made him funny, instead of so. woebegone and melancholy.
I like some of the pictures very much indeed, especially the one about the owl's house, and Pooh is standing :outside looking very mystified and trying to puzzle out " Plez Cnoke if an Rnsr is not Reqid " ; while owl looks on placidly, out of his big round eyes.
Then another one which shows Christopher Robin ham• mering on poor Eeyore's tail, but I think his legs are wrong.
And then the last one, in which the whole family of animals are gazing at—" North Pole, discovered by Pooh, Pooh found it." I think that is a really perfect picture.
I personally like the book very much, except for those points, but without the-pictures the book would be an utter
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