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The Tao of Pooh : finding inner peace with Winnie-the-Pooh / Benjamin Hoff ; inspired by the original works by A.A. Milne ; with decorations by E. H. Shepard.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection PR6025.I65 Z68 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoff, Benjamin, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956--Characters.
- Milne, A. A.
- Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956--Religion.
- Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character).
- Winnie-the-Pooh.
- Taoism.
- Taoism in literature.
- Teddy bears in literature.
- Children's stories, English--History and criticism.
- Children's stories, English.
- Children--Books and reading--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Children.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Farshore, 2022.
- Summary:
- Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world's most beloved bear, and Pooh's Way, as Benjamin Hoff brilliantly demonstrates, seems strangely close to the ancient Chinese principles of Taoism. Follow the Pooh Way in this humorous and enlightening introduction to Taoism, with classic decorations by E.H. Shepard throughout.
- Explains the basic concepts of the Chinese philosophy of Taoism through a discussion of how Winnie-the-Pooh lives by its principles.
- Contents:
- The how of Pooh?
- The Tao of who?
- Spelling Tuesday
- Cottleston pie
- The Pooh way
- Bisy Backson
- That sort of bear
- Nowhere and nothing
- The now of Pooh
- Backword.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1982.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Weiner fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780008529543
- 000852954X
- OCLC:
- 1357099373
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