A Winnie-the-Pooh Chronology
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The first authorized sequel of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books was Return to the Hundred Acre Wood,
by David Benedictus, published in 2009. The book does a masterful job of following the continuity of the original books,
with the events clearly taking place after the closing chapters of Milne's final Pooh book, The House at
Pooh Corner.
The second authorized sequel, The Best Bear in All the World, was published in 2016. This collection, containing four stories by four different authors, is more lax in its attention to continuity. The stories take place in some sort of general, non-specific time period, with the later events in the Milne stories being ignored. For instance, in the penultimate two chapters of The House of Pooh Corner, the tree which is home to Owl's house blows down; destroying Owl's house. Owl moves into Piglet's house, and Piglet moves in to Pooh's house, sharing his home with him. This continuity detail is adhered to by Benedictus in his book Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, who clearly locates Owl in Piglet's old home. However, in the stories in which Owl appears in The Best Bear in All the World, Owl is back in his old tree house. This then places the stories in this latest collection before those of the preceeding sequel, and before the final chapters of Milne's final book. The chronology given on this page is an in-progess effort to create a non-contradictory ordering of all the Pooh stories from the Milne books and from the two authorized sequels. As I discover additional details, I may re-order the stories. Amazon links to the books themselves are at the bottom of this page, following the list. |
| Story | Book | Chronology Notes |
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| Corner of the Street | When We Were Very Young | |
| Buckingham Palace | When We Were Very Young | |
| Happiness | When We Were Very Young | |
| The Christening | When We Were Very Young | |
| Puppy and I | When We Were Very Young | |
| Twinkle Toes | When We Were Very Young | |
| The Four Friends | When We Were Very Young | |
| Lines and Squares | When We Were Very Young | |
| Brownie | When We Were Very Young | |
| Independence | When We Were Very Young | |
| Nursery Chairs | When We Were Very Young | |
| Market Square | When We Were Very Young | |
| Daffodowndilly | When We Were Very Young | |
| Water Lilies | When We Were Very Young | |
| Disobedience | When We Were Very Young | |
| Spring Morning | When We Were Very Young | |
| The Island | When We Were Very Young | |
| The Three Foxes | When We Were Very Young | |
| Politeness | When We Were Very Young | |
| Jonathan Jo | When We Were Very Young | |
| At the Zoo | When We Were Very Young | |
| Rice Pudding | When We Were Very Young | |
| The Wrong House | When We Were Very Young | |
| Missing | When We Were Very Young | |
| The King's Breakfast | When We Were Very Young | |
| Hoppity | When We Were Very Young | |
| At Home | When We Were Very Young | |
| Summer Afternoon | When We Were Very Young | |
| The Dormouse and the Doctor | When We Were Very Young | |
| Shoes and Stockings | When We Were Very Young | |
| Sand Between the Toes | When We Were Very Young | |
| Knights and Ladies | When We Were Very Young | |
| Little Bo Peep and Little Boy Blue | When We Were Very Young | |
| The Mirror | When We Were Very Young | |
| Halfway Down | When We Were Very Young | |
| The Invaders | When We Were Very Young | |
| Before Tea | When We Were Very Young | |
| Teddy Bear | When We Were Very Young | |
| Bad Sir Brian Botany | When We Were Very Young | |
| In the Fashion | When We Were Very Young | |
| The Alchemist | When We Were Very Young | |
| Growing Up | When We Were Very Young | |
| If I Were King | When We Were Very Young | |
| Vespers | When We Were Very Young | |
| In Which We Are Introduced | Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place | Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| In Which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle | Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One | Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump | Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| In Which Eeyore has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents | Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest and Piglet has a Bath | Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole | Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| In Which Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water | Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| In Which Christopher Robin Gives Pooh a Party and We Say Goodbye | Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| Solitude | Now We Are Six | |
| King John's Christmas | Now We Are Six | |
| Busy | Now We Are Six | |
| Sneezles | Now We Are Six | |
| Binker | Now We Are Six | |
| Cherry Stones | Now We Are Six | |
| The Knight Whose Armour Didn't Squeak | Now We Are Six | |
| Buttercup Days | Now We Are Six | |
| The Charcoal-Burner | Now We Are Six | |
| Us Two | Now We Are Six | |
| The Old Sailor | Now We Are Six | |
| The Engineer | Now We Are Six | |
| Journey's End | Now We Are Six | |
| Furry Bear | Now We Are Six | |
| Forgiven | Now We Are Six | |
| The Emperor's Rhyme | Now We Are Six | |
| Knight-in-Armour | Now We Are Six | |
| Come Out with Me | Now We Are Six | |
| Down by the Pond | Now We Are Six | |
| The Little Black Hen | Now We Are Six | |
| The Friend | Now We Are Six | |
| The Good Little Girl | Now We Are Six | |
| A Thought | Now We Are Six | |
| King Hilary and The Beggarman | Now We Are Six | |
| Swing Song | Now We Are Six | |
| Explained | Now We Are Six | |
| Twice Times | Now We Are Six | |
| The Morning Walk | Now We Are Six | |
| Cradle Song | Now We Are Six | |
| Waiting at The Window | Now We Are Six | |
| Pinkle Purr | Now We Are Six | |
| Wind on the Hill | Now We Are Six | |
| Forgotten | Now We Are Six | |
| In The Dark | Now We Are Six | |
| The End | Now We Are Six | |
| In Which Penguin Arrives in the Forest (first 23 and a half pages) | The Best Bear in All the World | This is the first winter after Nearly catch a Woozle so this story must take place after that story. Pooh's unfamiliarity with Winter places it prior to the building of the house at Pooh Corner. Tigger does not appear. |
| In Which a House is built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore | The House at Pooh Corner | Takes place during the winter, Pooh is familiar with Winter. |
| In Which Penguin Arrives in the Forest (last page and a half: "It was a day or two later...") | The Best Bear in All the World | Winter ends |
| In which Tigger comes to the forest and has breakfast | The House at Pooh Corner | Introduces Tigger |
| In Which Eyore Suspects that Another Donkey is After his Thistles | The Best Bear in All the World | Owl still in original (tree) house; Tigger is present |
| In which a Search is Organized, and Piglet nearly meets the Heffalump again | The House at Pooh Corner | |
| In which it is shown that Tiggers don't climb trees | The House at Pooh Corner | |
| In which Rabbit has a busy day, and we learn what Christopher Robin does in the mornings | The House at Pooh Corner | Introduces the fact that Chrisopher Robin goes to school |
| In which Pooh invents a new game and Eeyore joins in | The House at Pooh Corner | |
| In which Tigger is unbounced | The House at Pooh Corner | |
| In Which Pooh and Piglet Prepare to Meet a Dragon | The Best Bear in All the World | Christopher Robin is practicing for a school play. Piglet still lives separately from Pooh in his original house. Owl lives in his original house. |
| In which Piglet does a Very Grand thing | The House at Pooh Corner | Owl's original house is blown down |
| In which Eeyore finds the Wolery and Owl moves into it | The House at Pooh Corner | Owl moves into his new house, The Wolery, formerly Piglet's house. Piglet and Pooh now share Pooh's house |
| In Which Pooh dreams of the Sauce of the Nile | The Best Bear in All the World | Story shows Pooh and Piglet possibly sharing Pooh's home. |
| In which Christopher Robin and Pooh come to an enchanted place, and we leave them there | The House at Pooh Corner | Departure of Christopher Robin |
| In Which Christopher Robin Returns | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood | Christopher Robin, now older, returns for the summer. |
| In Which Owl Does a Crossword and a Spelling Bee is Held | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood | |
| In Which Rabbit Organizes Almost Everything | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood | |
| In Which it Stops Raining for Ever and Something Slinky Comes Out of the River | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood | Introduction of Lottie |
| In Which Pooh Goes in Search of Honey | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood | |
| In Which Owl Becomes an Author and Then Unbecomes One | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood | Owl lives in the Wolery |
| In Which Lottie Starts an Academy and Everybody Learns Something | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood | |
| In Which We Are Introduced to the Game of Cricket | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood | |
| In Which Tigger Dreams of Africa | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood | |
| In Which a Harvest Festival is Held in the Forest and Christopher Robin Springs a Surprise | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood |
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