Winnie-the-Pooh in comeback after 83 years

Reuters | Saturday, 10 January 2009

HONEY LOVER: Winnie-the-Pooh is making a comeback.


The first official sequel to the original Winnie-the-Pooh books will appear in October, more than 80 years after the honey-loving bear first appeared in print.

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood is the follow up to AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and The House At Pooh Corner, which were famously illustrated by EH Shepard.

The new book, published by Egmont Publishing in Britain and Pengiun imprint Dutton Children's Books in the United States, will be written by David Benedictus, who produced an audio adaptation of Winnie-the-Pooh starring actress Judi Dench.

Mark Burgess, who has already drawn classic children's characters including Paddington Bear and Winnie-the-Pooh, is to provide the illustrations.

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood will hit shelves on October 5.