Who wouldn´t know
the yellow bear
with
red t-shirt
named Pooh ?
(if you think you know all about Winnie the Pooh, try to
pass this small quiz:
Last week in the class of Children´ s literature
we were talking about this cute animal character and it came to my mind to
research more about him, just to know where he came from, because I just knew
it is an older one.
I did a small research and these are the
interesting facts I have found:
-the first collection of stories was book WINNIE-THE-POOH from 1926
-all of the books were illustrated by E. H. Shepard
-Winnie the Pooh may seem like a weird name for a bear, but it
was the name of Christopher Robin Milne’s real teddy bear and probably he found
the inspiration in the London Zoo, where during the 1920s was a black bear named "Winnie"
-Most of the other characters were named after Christopher
Robin’s toys as well. That is, except for Owl,
Rabbit and Gopher
-You can see all of the real plushies
that inspired the characters at the New York Public Library. With one exception –Christopher Robin
lost his Roo plush in the thirties, so it is missing from the collection.
-You can also visit most of the locations from the stories. The Hundred Acre Wood, Roo’s Sandpit, Poohsticks Bridget and the
rest are all fictionalized names of real places in the Ashdown Forrest in
Sussex, England.
The first volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, by
I liked the chapter number eight from the first book, ...IN WHICH CHRISTOPHER ROBIN LEADS AN
EXPOTITION TO THE NORTH POLE.
If you would be interested to read whole book, here is the page:
I really loved also the video, if
you don´t prefer to follow lines, right here:
Directly to reading chapter 8 you can go here:
I hope you guys will enjoy it as much
as me,
because at North Pole, there is not only a lot of snow! ;)
P.S.: And as many times in our classes, let´s sing together in the end, of course with Pooh ;) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbl8P4CA3BQ
Hello Lenka :)
OdpovedaťOdstrániťI have read your article about Winnie the Pooh and I like it. It contains all the important information and although I firstly haven´t passed the test about Pooh very well, then while reading the article I concentrated better to the facts, so it was a good idea put the test at the beginning of the article. I think readers will think about the questions and will be more interested in the information while reading... and they (and also me) after reading can pass the test better.
So I appreciate your work, but I have also an advice for you :). Maybe you could upload the videos to be possible to watch them on your web page. I can show you how, if you want and don´t know it, but it is simple ;)
So see you soon, when you´ll finish your call and will come back from our living room! ;) Bye