Book Club Meeting of January 16th, 2010

We sure missed those of you who could not be there today. We had quite a wonderful discussion. Severaladmitted their surprise when the book was announced for this month, but it was the one book that had themost votes. Those of you who had not read it really enjoyed the book. We all spoke of our favorite characters: Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Wol (Owl), and of course, Christopher Robin. Did you know that Christopher Robin Milne was A.A. Milne’s son? He was born in 1920 and A.A. Milne wrote the books for his son based on Christopher’s stuffed animals. They are on display at the Central Children’s Room at the Donnel Center which is a branch of the New York City Library.

Some of the quotes from A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh books:

“”When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?”

“What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?”

“I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet.

Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It’s the same thing,” he said.”

“To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.”

“He respects Owl, because you can’t help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn’t spell it right.”

“The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn’t there.”

“When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.”

“When Rabbit said, `Honey or condensed milk with your bread?’ he was so excited that he said, `Both,’ and then, so as not to seem greedy, he added, `But don’t bother

about the bread, please.’”

“’Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?’ ‘Supposing it didn’t,’ said Pooh. After careful thought Piglet was comforted by this.”

And our Favorite Quote:

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”