Publishers have announced a new addition to the Hundred Acre Wood: Lottie the Otter. Trustees of the Pooh Properties is releasing the first official sequel to AA Milne's 1928 children's classic, The House at Pooh Corner, written by David Benedictus. Return to the Hundred Acre Wood contains 10 new Winnie the Pooh stories and arrives in stores on October 5th. Benedictus says Lottie has an enthusiasm for both cricket and etiquette, and "...truly embodies Winnie the Pooh's values of friendship and adventure seen throughout Milne's work."
The new book, illustrated by Mark Burgess, chronicles the tales of the characters following the stories found in House at Pooh Corner and is expected to be translated into 50 languages across the world. Recently, original drawings of Pooh and the gang have fetched record-setting prices at auction. The characters first appeared in a children's book from 1926. Disney made several animated Pooh films in the 1960s and Winnie the Pooh got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006.
Mark Brown of the Trustees of the Pooh Properties told reporters, "We believe that David Benedictus and Mark Burgess have captured the spirit and quality of those original books."
© C Harris Lynn, 2009
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