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Winnie-the-Pooh in comeback after 83 years

LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The first official sequel to the original Winnie-the-Pooh books will appear in October, its publishers said on Saturday, more than 80 years after the honey-loving bear first appeared in print.

“Return to the Hundred Acre Wood” is the follow up to A.A. Milne's “Winnie-the-Pooh” and “The House At Pooh Corner”, which were famously illustrated by E.H. Shepard.

The new book, published by Egmont Publishing in Britain and Pengiun imprint Dutton Children's Books in the United States, will be written by David Benedictus, who produced an audio adaptation of Winnie-the-Pooh starring actress Judi Dench.

Mark Burgess, who has already drawn classic children's characters including Paddington Bear and Winnie-the-Pooh, is to provide the illustrations. Return to the Hundred Acre Wood will hit the shelves on Oct. 5.

 
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