Winnie-the-Pooh: Once there was a bear. Tales of before it ...

“And that's how Christopher Robin asked Pooh to tell him about the Before, the time Before he arrived in the Wood. Before he knew Winnie-the-Pooh, if a Before existed, and before Christopher Robin was old enough to have given Pooh his name. And here are those stories...” At first, there was a teddy bear, all tummy and no legs, on the shelf of a department store, waiting to be bought. And then, the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher began, with treasures to be buried, dens to be built and pots full of honey. Is that all there is to Pooh's story? Christopher Robin asks Pooh to tell him a story, to remind him of the past, starting from the first time they met. The teddy bear most cherished by readers all over the world and by his friends in Hundred Acre Wood makes a comeback in an official prequel inspired by A.A. Milne's stories, written for children and grown-ups by Jane Riordan and illustrated by Mark Burgess. An exceptionally gentle, tender story focused on the many shapes that friendship and love can take. Through Winnie-the-Pooh's words, readers can enter an imaginary world that will teach them about empathy, respect for other creatures (whether human, animal or plush), humanity and friendship. And beyond, as Pooh and his little friends often linger on the small things, on details: sometimes they remember less important matters, life's simple pleasures (such as honey, so much loved by the teddy bear). At the heart of each adventure, however, is the importance of being there for those we love, effortlessly, growing together, day after day.  

Winnie Puh. C’era una volta un orsetto. Quando tutto ebbe inizio (Winnie-the-Pooh: Once there was a bear. Tales of before it all began...)
by Jane Riordan Con le illustrazioni di Mark Burgess
Nord-Sud, 2022