Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too

Author: Walt Disney

Publishing:  E.P Dutton & Co., Inc.

Number of Pages: Hardcover—42 pages

Genre:  Picture Book

Reading Level:  Ages 4-8

Summary: This book starts with Pooh walking to Piglets house and he gets bounced upon by Tigger.  Then Tigger bounces into Piglet, and eventually he bounces onto Rabbit.  Tigger seems to be in a very bouncy mood and so Rabbit comes up with a plan to “unbounce” Tigger.  They decide to take him deep in to the forest, leave him there and then the next day when they go get him he will be all out of bounces.  As Tigger bounces ahead of them on their journey, Rabbit, Pooh, and Piglet hide inside a hollow log and Tigger can’t find them.  After Tigger leaves, they start heading back for home—but unfortunately they themselves get lost.  Rabbit decides to try to find the way while Pooh and Piglet wait for him.  Soon, though, Pooh gets hungry and his stomach leads the way for them home.  Right when Pooh and Piglet get out of the woods Tigger bounces on him and they find out he never was lost, but now Rabbit was.  Rabbit gets very scared in the woods being all by himself but luckily Tigger finds him and brings him back home safely.  The next day Tigger goes over to Roo’s and they decide to go climb trees.  After him ad Roo bounced really high in the tree, Tigger looked down and got really scared to be up so high.  Pooh and Piglet go get Christopher Robin to help; when he gets there he takes off his jacket and everyone holds a corner and Roo jumps into it.  Then when it is Tigger’s turn he is still really scared, he promises he won’t bounce anymore after he gets down.  He gets down to safety and is so happy that he starts bouncing, but Rabbit stops him and says he promised, so Tigger walks sadly away.  This makes everyone sad for Tigger, so they decide that he can bounce afterwards.  This makes Tigger so excited so he bounces off as his old bouncy self again.

My Reaction to the Book:  I have always loved Winnie the Pooh so of course I loved this book!  I remember watching the movie when I was younger and I think it is just as good if not better. 

Potential Problems:  There are not really any problems—maybe when Rabbit is lost and is scared, that could be a scary part for some. 

Recommendations:  I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.  I think it is absolutely great and that the Winnie the Pooh books are great to learn from.