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The official prequel, Winnie-the-Pooh: Once There Was A Bear, will arrive on September 30, Farshore said.
Author AA Milne’s original stories featuring the honey-loving teddy bear were released in October 1926.
Author Jane Riordan has written a Winnie-the-Pooh story to mark the bear’s 95th anniversary (Kim Raymond/Disney/PA)
The collection has been written by Jane Riordan, “perfectly capturing the original voice” of Milne, according to Farshore.
Mark Burgess is the illustrator and the books are in the style of original artist EH Shepard, the publisher said.
Once There Was A Bear will take readers back to when Pooh was bought from Harrods for baby Christopher Robin, according to the synopsis.
The official prequel, Winnie-the-Pooh: Once There Was A Bear, will arrive on September 30, Farshore said.
Author AA Milne’s original stories featuring the honey-loving teddy bear were released in October 1926.
Author Jane Riordan has written a Winnie-the-Pooh story to mark the bear’s 95th anniversary (Kim Raymond/Disney/PA)
The collection has been written by Jane Riordan, “perfectly capturing the original voice” of Milne, according to Farshore.
Mark Burgess is the illustrator and the books are in the style of original artist EH Shepard, the publisher said.
Once There Was A Bear will take readers back to when Pooh was bought from Harrods for baby Christopher Robin, according to the synopsis.
Last modified on Thu 22 Jul 2021 19.02 EDT
The story of how Winnie-the-Pooh went from a Harrods toy shelf to the home of Christopher Robin and the Hundred Acre Wood is set to be told for the first time, in an official prequel to AA Milne’s original stories.
Winnie-the-Pooh: Once There Was a Bear has been written in the style of Milne by children’s writer Jane Riordan, with illustrations by Mark Burgess emulating the original drawings of EH Shepard. It is the first prequel to Milne’s books and poetry about the bear, and has been authorised by the estates of both Milne and Shepard.
The official prequel, Winnie-the-Pooh: Once There Was A Bear, will arrive on September 30, Farshore said.
Author AA Milne’s original stories featuring the honey-loving teddy bear were released in October 1926.
Author Jane Riordan has written a Winnie-the-Pooh story to mark the bear’s 95th anniversary (Kim Raymond/Disney/PA)
The collection has been written by Jane Riordan, “perfectly capturing the original voice” of Milne, according to Farshore.
Mark Burgess is the illustrator and the books are in the style of original artist EH Shepard, the publisher said.
Once There Was A Bear will take readers back to when Pooh was bought from Harrods for baby Christopher Robin, according to the synopsis.