The Tao of Pooh / Benjamin Hoff ; illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.
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TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1983.Description: xii, 158 p. : ill. ; 19 cmISBN: - 0140067477 (pbk.)
- 9780140067477 (pbk.)
- Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956 -- Characters -- Winnie the Pooh
- Children -- Great Britain -- Books and reading -- History -- 20th century
- Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956 -- Religion
- Children's stories, English -- History and criticism
- Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character)
- Teddy bears in literature
- Taoism in literature
- Taoism
- PR6025.I65 Z68 1983
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Originally published: New York : Dutton, c1982.
Author/narrator Hoff calls Winnie the Pooh a "Western Taoist'' and uses the unassuming bear to introduce Eastern philosophical principles. Pooh epitomizes the "uncarved block,'' as he is well in tune with his natural inner self.
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Foreword -- How of Pooh? -- Tao of who? -- Spelling Tuesday -- Cottleston pie -- Pooh way -- Bisy Backson -- That sort of bear -- Nowhere and nothing -- Now of Pooh -- Backword.