Eeyore's (Mis)Adventures

A. A. Milne. Dutton Children's Books, $15.99 (52pp) ISBN 978-0-525-47070-0

Favorite characters also appear in return engagements. Eeyore's (Mis)Adventures by A.A. Milne, illus. by Ernest H. Shepard, offers a quintet of previously published tales about Pooh's pal, the melancholy donkey: ""Eeyore Loses a Tail,"" ""Eeyore Has a Birthday,"" ""Christopher Robin Leads an Expedition,"" ""A House Is Built for Eeyore"" and ""Pooh Invents a New Game.""

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