The Tao of Pooh & The Te of Piglet (Benjamin Hoff)

Celebrate 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh in 2026!

"It's hard to be brave,' said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal."

Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said: "It is because you are a very small animal that you will be useful in the adventure before us."

Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world's most beloved bear, and Pooh's Way, as Benjamin Hoff brilliantly demonstrates, seems strangely close to the ancient Chinese principles of Taoism. And as for Piglet, he embodies the very important principle of Te, meaning Virtue of the Small. Benjamin Hoff's explanations of Taoism and Te through Pooh and Piglet show that this is not an ancient and remote philosophy but something that you can use, here and now.

• An utterly unique book which makes complex concepts accessible with a little help from Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood.
• Pooh may be a Bear of Very Little Brain but there are lessons to be learned from his approach to life.
• Beautifully decorated by E.H.Shepard.

Have you collected all the classic Winnie-the-Pooh stories and poetry collections?

• Winnie-the-Pooh
• The House at Pooh Corner
• When We Were Very Young
• Now We Are Six
• Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
• The Best Bear in All the World
• Once There Was a Bear
• Tales from the Forest
• Winter in the Wood

Benjamin Hoff is American and has studied architecture, graphic design, music and find arts. He is the author of 'The Tao of Pooh'.

E.H.Shepard was born in London in 1879. He was an artist, illustrator and cartoonist and went on to draw the original decorations to accompany Milne's classic stories, earning him the name 'the man who drew Pooh'.