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Oh, Bother

Winnie-the-Pooh is Befuddled, Too (A Smackerel-Sized Parody of Modern Life)

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By Jennie Egerdie

Illustrated by Ellie Hajdu

Formats and Prices

On Sale
May 7, 2024
Page Count
96 pages
Publisher
Running Press
ISBN-13
9780762486274

Price

$18.00

Price

$24.00 CAD

Format

  1. ebook

Format:

  1. Hardcover $18.00 $24.00 CAD
  2. ebook $11.99 $15.99 CAD

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Welcome back to the Hundred Acre Wood as Winnie-the-Pooh and friends acclimate to the joys and worries of the 21st century in this heartfelt parody. 

Named a “Best Comedy Book of 2024” by Vulture


The world has changed in the hundred years since A. A. Milne introduced us to Winnie-the-Pooh and his pals, but that doesn’t mean our lovable friends haven’t adapted to life in the twenty-first century. In this heartwarming, laugh-out-loud parody, Jennie Egerdie, author of the celebrated Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best, takes us along for some marvelous misadventures as the gang grapples with modern life’s headaches and pesky predicaments. Like the rest of us, Pooh worries about what the dwindling bee population will do to his beloved honey, while Owl discovers how far too easily misinformation can spread online. Kanga hopes she can have a night off from raising Roo, and Eeyore is finally taking care of his mental health with the help of Dr Festinker, the neighborhood therapist (and skunk). Things may not always make sense in our world, but Winnie-the-Pooh always bounds ahead, day by day and smackerel by smackerel.

 

Genre:

  • Nonfiction
  • Humor
  • Form
  • Parodies

Jennie Egerdie is a Canadian writer and performer living in Brooklyn, NY. A contributor to The New Yorker and McSweeney’s, she is also the author of Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best Oh, Bother: Winnie-the-Pooh is Befuddled, Too, both of which were named one of Vulture’s best humor books of year. For more stories and humor, visit www.jennie.fun.
 

  • "Egerdie is so skilled at using old tropes and familiar images of childhood pop culture to say something about the unique trials and tribulations of modern life."
    Vulture, Best Comedy Books of 2024 feature

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Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best [A Parody]

Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best [A Parody]

by Jennie Egerdie

Illustrated by Ellie Hajdu

At home, work, and out in our ever-changing world, we’re all just doing our best. In this modern parody, Frog and Toad are here to commiserate and lend some laughter.

Full of wry humor and deep compassion for our modern vulnerabilities, the stories in Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best perfectly capture the heartwarming authenticity of Lobel’s famous amphibian friends while revealing razor-sharp truths about the world we live in today. Through Frog and Toad, we see the anxieties that are woven throughout our everyday existence, from our well-meaning but often-failed attempts at practicing self-care to our struggle to balance the gifts and burdens of technology. Toad ponders a variety of questionable schemes to pay off his credit cards, while Frog spends too much time scrolling through the newsfeed on his phone. But despite their daily frustrations and existential concerns, they know that having a friend to share life’s burdens makes even the darkest days brighter.

Price

$19.00

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$25.00 CAD

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Jennie Egerdie

About the Author

Jennie Egerdie is a Canadian writer and performer living in Brooklyn, NY. A contributor to The New Yorker and McSweeney’s, she is also the author of Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best Oh, Bother: Winnie-the-Pooh is Befuddled, Too, both of which were named one of Vulture’s best humor books of year. For more stories and humor, visit http://www.jennie.fun.
 

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Ellie Hajdu

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