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Lottie the Otter joins Pooh in a new book. It will be interesting to see if they manage to capture the charm
of the A.A Milne books.

The very act of writing a sequel proves that the author has no idea what the first two books were about.

"Somewhere at the top of the forest, a small boy and his bear will always be playing...." tells us that Christopher Robin had grown up, but would always hold within himself the essence of the child.

There is no more.

Maybe this book will have Christopher Robin struggling with his A-levels whilst Pooh and friends are left to fend for themselves?

Capturing the writing style should be fairly easy: some people are really good at it. The reaction from ardent followers and collectors of the originals is another matter altogether.

Christopher Robin struggles sanity in a mental institution and needs Pooh and Piglet to get him through the day?

Christopher Robin is trying to quit his £100 a day heroin addiction and turns to his childhood pals Winnie and Piglet to help?

Christopher Robin on heroin? What next? Eyeore become a smackhead? Piglet becomes a sted-head? A far more realistic version of events is that Christopher Robin is at University but is once again left without friends because he mentions during an all-day drinking session that he has a rampant rabbit locked away in his chest.

The real Christopher Robin had a very hard time at boarding schoold because of the Pooh books. This was made immesurably worse by the release of a very successful recording by Turner Layton called "Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers" which we can imagine was The Last Straw.

Of course Lottie the Otter is a disturbing name that is outside the usual for the forest. Owl, Rabbit and Piglet are called just that. Others are called by variations on the proper animals, such as Kanga and Baby Roo or Tigger. Or just names that are descriptive like Eeyore. But not "Eeyore the Donkey".

Lottie the Otter indeed....that one will keep Owl scratching his head down at the Wolery....

Maybe we should put sneak signs around waterstones saying 'Bisy Backson' - although I don't think many people would understand.

I have no problem with these books coming out although I cant imagine they will be the same When you are subjected to the cartoon versions on playhouse disney like I am I guess you loose the enthusiasm quite quickly for Pooh and his pals!!!

Then don't watch it! Put on some cutting edge drama like True Blood for little Bethany and Sophie. I am sure they will sleep just fine.

Hazel's doing it for the sake of the kids, Mike! It does make me worry that Disney may have mangled things a bit for the younger generation, so an investigation may be in order... [checks]... ooh, it's all computer animated. Yuck.

Good story beats animation every time. I guess that Disney are just machining them out and the writers are struggling to come up with decent material for each new plot.