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POPSWinnie-the-Pooh returns with Eeyore in a better mood more at source: Eeyore, like all Milne's characters was based on a toy once owned by his son, Christopher Robin. The toy donkey was given as a Christmas present but over the years the stuffed animal's neck lost its stiffness, taking on a morose appearance which inspired Milne's character. The new book of stories takes on where Milne left off at the end of his final Pooh tale, The House at Pooh Corner, published in 1928. There Christopher Robin was preparing to go to boarding school, leaving his woodland companions to continue their adventures without him. The Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, an extract of which is published today in The Sunday Telegraph, sees Christopher Robin returning from school for his summer holidays to play with his friends.
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POPSIsrael Will Not Let Its Arab Citizens Read Bambi Jeremiah Haber (aka The Magnes Zionist) translates a Haaretz article on Israel banning the importation of books published in Syria and Lebanon, where 80% of Arabic books used by Israeli Arabs are published. For shame.
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POPSFind Sounds Now here is a GREAT time waster.If you can't amuse yourself here,you don't belong in grade school :)
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POPSThose city polar bears sho' are slick You can always tell those city slicker bears apart from their country cousins. Here, Japanese hepcat Tigger San exhibits his sophisticated leanings by munching on a sushi popsicle as a way of chilling during the latest Tokyo heatwave.