Bookish Beginnings January 2026 Exercise Thread

[Raya]

+77 minutes - treadmill time *and* yoga afterwards.

Raya - 411/800 - 51%

 

[sophy1996]

+20

585/1000

 

[clappyclaps]

+ 135 for my usual after work walks after 3 very long days in the office.

Total = 1237/1700

 

[Elizabeth Smith]

Sorry I was MIA all week! Jacob went out of town for school and my parents were in to keep Charles and I company. I only managed 55 minutes since my last update! I'll have to kick it into gear to meet my goal before the end of the month, but the good news is that I am now Page-Turning Purple! So are Alicatt and Raya!

The next book we'll be looking at that Disney adapted is A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh, released in 1926.

The character Winnie the Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's Evening News for Christmas Eve 1925. He was inspired, as many of us know, by a stuffed bear that Milne bought for his son Christopher Robin. His name comes from a real bear that they saw together at the London Zoo.

A second Winnie the Pooh book, The House at Pooh Corner, was released in 1928. Milne also wrote several poems featuring the bear.

E.H. Shepherd illustrated all of these stories.

Disney acquired the rights to make films based on Milne's characters in 1961. From Wikipedia:

Since 1966, Disney has released numerous animated productions starring its version of Winnie the Pooh and related characters, starting with the theatrical featurette Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. This was followed by Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968), and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974). These three featurettes were combined into a feature-length film, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, in 1977. A fourth featurette, Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, was released in 1983.

A new series of Winnie the Pooh theatrical feature-length films launched in the 2000s, with The Tigger Movie (2000), Piglet's Big Movie (2003), Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005), and Winnie the Pooh (2011).

Disney has also produced television series based on the franchise, including Welcome to Pooh Corner (Disney Channel, 1983–1986), The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (ABC, 1988–1991), The Book of Pooh (Playhouse Disney, 2001–2003), and My Friends Tigger & Pooh (Playhouse Disney, 2007–2010).

I've always had a fondness for Pooh Bear, as evidenced by my profile picture here on the Disboards, and that fondness has now inspired the theme for my new baby's bedroom! I'm still working on putting things together and making decorations, but it's coming along! Charles also likes Pooh Bear, having seen several of the Disney Junior shows on Disney+.

I've not read any of the Pooh Bear books in their entirety, but in 2018 we went to London on a church trip and I picked up a copy of the short story, Eeyore has a Birthday.

Have any of you read any of the Winnie the Pooh books, stories, or poems by A. A. Milne?

 

[PollyannaMom]

Have any of you read any of the Winnie the Pooh books, stories, or poems by A. A. Milne?

Yes, I do remember reading Winnie the Pooh! Just the original book, I think.

Sat-1/17 - 15
Sun-1/18 - 25
Mon-1/19 - 60
Tue-1/20 - (skip)
Wed-1/21 - 10
Thu-1/22 - 20
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now up to: 510/700

 

[Alicatt]

I have some of the old school A.A Mine books! I also thought that Christopher Robin movievwith Ewan McGregor was pretty cute.
1/19 & 1/20 20 min each
1/21 15 min
1/22 40 min
1/24 30 min
125 total
650/1000