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A Smackerel of Pooh: Ten Favorite Stories and Poems
80 pp.
| Dutton |
July, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-525-47037-9$$15.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ernest H. Shepard.
Three stories and seven poems have been selected from Milne's books (despite the title, Pooh is featured in only two poems). Milne's inventive wordplay is accompanied by Shepard's colorized illustrations, which, in a good design decision, appear in their original positions relative to the text. A large typeface and lots of white space make the volume a nice choice for introducing children to the original stories.