The House at Pooh Corner

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The House at Pooh Corner (1928) is the second volume of stories about Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne.

It is notable for the introduction of the character Tigger, who went on to become a prominent figure in the Disney Winnie the Pooh franchise.

The title comes from a story in which Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet build a house for Eeyore. In another story the game of Poohsticks is invented.

Hints that Christopher Robin is growing up, scattered throughout the book, come to a head in the final chapter, in which the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood throw him a farewell party after learning that he must leave them soon (to attend boarding school, it is implied). In the end, as they say a last good-bye to Christopher, they realize that he is never coming back.

In 2002 an audio version of the book was narrated by Alan Bennett.

Chapter 2, 8, and 9 were adaptated into animation with the Disney featurette Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. Similarly, chapters 4 and 7 were adaptated into Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, while chapter 6 was adaptated in Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore. Also, the final chapter was adaptated as a closure to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, as well as in the direct-to-video movie Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin. However in the book, Christopher was going to boarding school and wouldn't be coming back but in the films he was just going to school and would come back at the end of the day. In addition, the book's title was derived into that of the Disney Channel series Welcome to Pooh Corner.

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1. In Which A House Is Built At Pooh Corner For Eeyore
2. In Which Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has Breakfast
3. In Which A Search is Organdized, and Piglet Nearly Meets the Heffalump Again
4. In Which It Is Shown That Tiggers Don't Climb Trees
5. In Which Rabbit Has a Busy Day, and We Learn What Christopher Robin Does in the Mornings
6. In Which Pooh Invents a New Game and Eeyore Joins In
7. In Which Tigger Is Unbounced
8. In Which Piglet Does a Very Grand Thing
9. In Which Eeyore Finds the Wolery and Owl Moves Into It
10. In Which Christopher Robin and Pooh Come to an Enchanted Place, and We Leave Them There