Giveaway Thursday: Winnie-the-Pooh
No, not Winnie the Pooh. Winnie-the-Pooh.
For our latest giveaway during this goodbye week (for me), I offer a newly published but charmingly old-fashioned version of "Winnie-the-Pooh" by A.A. Milne, with the illustrations (called "decorations") by Ernest H. Shepard.
To win, leave a comment under this post about your favorite scene or passage from children's literature by the end of the day. By the way, please include your e-mail address in the appropriate field. It won't be published or shared, but I will use it to get in touch with you if you are the lucky winner.
Who was the winner of yesterday's cookbook prize, you ask? It was Emily B, who gave us a recipe for pizza dough that I will have to try. Thanks and congratulations!
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The more it snows tiddly pom,
the colder my toes tiddly pom,
the colder my toes tiddly pom,
are going,
And nobody knows tiddly pom,
how cold my toes tiddly pom,
how cold my toes tiddly pom,
are growing....
Posted by: Diana Andrews | June 17, 2010 7:24 AM
"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."
Posted by: bawlmerbeav | June 17, 2010 8:18 AM
"You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty."
Posted by: Calamity424 | June 17, 2010 9:45 AM
I do not remember a favorite passage but I can tell you that the velveteen rabbit used to make me just cry for hours and when I read it to my son just the other day I choked back tears.I was surprised it still had that effect on me!I am not easy to cry normally!
Posted by: rachel crisman | June 17, 2010 9:56 AM
Not for young children, but in the pre-teen lit realm my favorite book has always been Newberry Award winner 'Bridge to Terabithia'. What a wonderful sense this book gives of the fragility of childhood and the effect a parents struggles have on children. In one scene, Jess (the protagonist) watches as his working class father struggles to put together a cheap race car set he gave to Jess on Christmas morning. Jess realizes how much the father wants to give him a wonderful Christmas, and how hard it is for him to raise a family on a limited income. Very touching book overall and a scene that has stayed with me.
Posted by: sdr | June 17, 2010 10:04 AM
The end of "The Velveteen Rabbit" kills me every time.
Posted by: Kate | June 17, 2010 10:37 AM
From "The Emperors New Clothes"
"But he hasn't got anything on!" the whole town cried out at last.
The Emperor shivered, for he suspected they were right. But he thought, "This procession has got to go on." So he walked more proudly than ever, as his noblemen held high the train that wasn't there at all.
Thanks for the opp.
Ryan
Posted by: Ryan | June 17, 2010 12:32 PM
Dr. Seuss: Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
Posted by: Ernesto Lopez | June 17, 2010 1:28 PM
The end of Charlotte's Web, when three of Charlotte's daughters choose to stay with Wilbur, is a great scene.
Posted by: Beth | June 18, 2010 2:07 AM
My parents read to both my brother and I as we were growing up. I don't recall a specific passage from any particular book however I do remember that my brother would ALWAYS ask my mom to read SOCKS FOR SUPPER. It was his favorite and we still (we're in our mid and late 30s) joke about that book!
Posted by: Kate | June 18, 2010 8:23 AM