kylegarvey 's review for:

The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

5.0

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Viciously philosophical on the one hand -- not in some easy, allegorical way; but as a crazy, fully-loaded assault on every strain of ethics in the world. Yet on the other hand it's kind, tender, irrepressible, exactly the thing to narrate quietly in someone's ear as they fall asleep. That split is amazing, and it's matched by all the gusto, charm, and oddity of a great, classical-seeming British children's book. Each chapter is wondrously self-contained yet at the same time wholly indebted to the whims and peculiarities of A.A. Milne's real-life son/the peculiarities of each stuffed animal… It's a hilarious and magical ambiguity.