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KIDS: British author David Benedictus and illustrator Mark Burgess have imagined the continued tales of Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin in a brand new Pooh estate–sanctioned book Return to the Hundred Acre Wood. To celebrate, a number of Toronto book publishers and book lovers—including Small Print, Penguin Books, Type Books, and Torontoist—are having a Winnie-The-Pooh Homecoming Party. A. A. Milne–channelling author David Benedictus will read an excerpt of his new book via satellite from the UK, while local kiddie-entertainment celebrities read additional stories at the party. Don Kerr & The Heffalumps perform their Hundred Acre Wood inspirations. And what would a Winnie-the-Pooh party be without a little pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey? Kids can take part in making a giant "Welcome Home" card, too. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom (1214 Queen Street West); Sunday 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. (two shows); $10 adults, $8 kids.

Saying something like, "Hey, it's been a ridiculous year for cycling in Toronto" sounds like a bit of a cheap lead-in, but it's true. This year, already dubious for widespread Obamamania, then equally widespread Obamaphobia, and peppered each month with one tragic, horrifying aviation disaster after another, has sucked pretty hard for local cyclists. From losing one of its own at Bay and Bloor to being told, laughably, that a carbon footprint somehow rivalling that of the city's motorists is cause enough for a bike tax, Toronto's cycling community has a few too many reasons to shake its collective head.