Catherine Samuel

Christopher Robin returns from his first day of school and teaches Pooh some lessons on the alphabet and numbers. It's okay, but it just doesn't do anything for me. I'm not a fan of too much Christopher Robin in my Pooh books, actually.

Anyhow, it's a good day to read it at least as my daughter returns to college for her senior year. It's been 17 years since we first got and read this. book together. And if she weren't a thousand miles away, we would have read it together again today. But show more summer is over, and I'm back to solo reading on the Pooh Project.

(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:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/23954351-rod-brown?ref=nav_mybooks&she... ) show less

Convinced the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow might contain golden honey, Pooh wanders into the forest and gets lost. Fortunately, he remembers a good rule Christopher Robin told him in such an event, and stays put until he is found.

A simple lesson is delivered in a direct but charming manner.

(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 show more 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:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/23954351-rod-brown?ref=nav_mybooks&she... ) show less

Did you remember to turn your clock back before going to bed last night? In this story, Pooh doesn't and spends the morning wondering why his friends are blowing him off. Christopher Robin sets him right, but poor Piglet drops out of the story having been screwed over by Pooh's forgetfulness. Some effort should have been made to set that right.

(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 show more 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:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/23954351-rod-brown?ref=nav_mybooks&she... ) show less

A month after Christmas, Pooh wonders how long it is to the next one, so he and Christopher Robin come up with a truly awful poem as a mnemonic device to remember the names and order of the months. Ugh.

(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 show more which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/23954351-rod-brown?ref=nav_mybooks&she... ) show less