Golden Books

A coloring and activity book with chapters? Well it's certainly thick enough to accommodate them (though the 84-pages claimed on the back cover is counting the front and back covers, inside and out).

The first chapter is a rhyme using the letters of Christmas to start each line.

Then "A Wintery Sort of Day" shows the Pooh friends enjoying various winter activities like ice skating and sledding.

"The Gift of the Piglet" has Piglet wanting to give Pooh his very own special snowflake, but it show more turns out they are harder to catch and keep than you'd think.

"Here Comes Christmas" has everyone in the Hundred-Acre Wood getting ready for Christmas, trimming trees and wrapping presents.

Weirdly, all the Pooh friends are present in the book except Owl. I wonder if the anonymous author decided Owl had flown south for the winter? Or maybe Owl knew that despite the multiple chapters and all the extra pages, this would still a pretty bland coloring book experience, so he took some PTO.

(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. Having a daughter gave us a chance to indoctrinate her into the cult by buying and reading her every Pooh book we came across. How many is that? I’m going to count them this year by reading and reviewing one every day and seeing which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
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E is for Enterprise . . . K is for Kirk . . . S is for Spock . . . T is for Transporter . . . U is for Uhura . . . .

This Little Golden Book is fun for every STAR TREK enthusiast, not just young alphabet-learning pre-readers. It’s clever [look for references to four shows in the STAR TREK universe] and many characters, although not mentioned by name, are included in the illustrations.

However, as with earlier books in this series, some of the illustrations more closely resemble unflattering show more caricatures. And there’s a strange disconnect between the cover and the text: C is for Captains on the cover [with a picture that includes Kirk, Janeway, and Sisco but Picard is oddly absent]; in the text, C is for Communicator. Nevertheless, there’s much to appreciate in the choices made for this STAR TREK-themed A-B-C book; fans of the series may find a smile or two within these pages. show less

Absolutely loved this one! A coming-of-age story about how kids sometimes keep school life and home life very separate, and when the two meet things get messy, especially when parents aren't ready for their kids to grow up yet. However, when kids find themselves in the growing process, and when parents can accept that their kids grow up, it can be really great.

I feel like this story is as much for parents as it is for kids. It's about how difficult it is for parents to accept their kids growing up, and letting go once the kids are ready to leave the nest. The endearing takeaway is that once all's said and done, both will always share love and memories.