How a Bear Became a Book, Annette Bay Pimentel
How a Bear Became a Book, Annette Bay Pimentel
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How a Bear Became a Book
The Collaboration That Created Winnie-the-Pooh

Author: Annette Bay Pimentel

Narrator: Tim Campbell

Unabridged: 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/31/2026


Synopsis

*FOUR STARRED REVIEWS*

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh with this lovely audiobook about the creation of the World's Most Famous Bear! How a Bear Became a Book features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun!

In 1926, the very first Winnie-the-Pooh book was published. One hundred years later, generations of kids have grown up in the Hundred Acre Wood.

How a Bear Became a Book tells the story of how writer, illustrator, and editor came together to craft Pooh's first adventure. But deeper than that, this book introduces our youngest readers to how stories begin and where they can go. As Pooh's voice enters the text, he slowly comes to life in the art.

This audiobook about the making of picture books is also a masterful exploration of ideas, storytelling, collaboration, art, and most importantly, honey.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company (BYR)

About Annette Bay Pimentel

Annette Bay Pimentel is the author of several nonfiction picture books, including the Schneider Family Book Award honor book All the Way to the Top, Pura’s Cuentos, and Before Colors. She lives in Moscow, Idaho.

About Faith Pray

Faith Pray is the author-illustrator of The Day We Got Lost, Perfectly Imperfect Mira, and The Starkeeper, among others. She comes from a family of talented children’s book creators, but her extraordinary talents for capturing light and shadow and conveying emotion and story through line work are all her own. Faith lives with her husband and children plus two cats in the Pacific Northwest.

About Tim Campbell

Tim Campbell is the Audie, Voice Arts, Independent Audiobook, and AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator of over 1,000 audiobooks. He also sings professionally with the Grammy Award-winning LA Master Chorale and Los Angeles Opera, as well as on TV and film scores such as Star Wars IX, Superman, Venom, and many others.He is most known for his versatile and varied characters and facility with accents and dialects. He's constantly inspired by the kindness and generosity of the audiobook community and is exceptionally grateful for the support of his wonderful family and friends.


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Quotes

"A thoughtful, beautifully crafted title that honors a literary classic on the eve of its centennial and introduces “The Best Bear in All the World” to a new generation." —School Library Journal, Starred Review

"A stunning tribute to a classic that also offers insight into the bookmaking process." —Kirkus, Starred Review

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Bay Pimentel and Pray highlight the importance of teamwork, pulling back the curtain on the creators who produced the Winnie-the-Pooh books." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Marking one hundred years since the publication of A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), this thoughtful, well-designed informational picture book pays tribute not only to that book’s creation but also to the process of book creation in general." —Horn Book, Starred Review