Melissa Lagonegro

Rabbit teaches Pooh and Piglet how to garden for the umpteenth time. This rhyming iteration only uses twelve words so there is a lot of Rabbit simplistically correcting with, "No, no, no," and "Sun, sun, sun," and "Rain, rain, rain."

Super cute pictures.

Bonus: The seemingly random order of the vocabulary list at the end makes another odd poem if read with regular pauses:
weeds pull seeds
plant will grow
no need sun
more rain have

(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. show more 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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Pooh and his friends play with pots and paint, making blue pots, red pots, and pots with spots. Positively adorable and quite a bit Seussian, this little board book makes me very happy whether I'm reading it or just looking at it.

(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 show more 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

Nemo wants to join the swim team at school, but fears that his small fin will keep him from being successful. Dory offers the necessary encouragement to convince Nemo that he can do it and before you know it Nemo has made the swim team. The next hurdle to overcome is the fear Nemo has that he will never reach first place. Again, Dory works hard to help Nemo gain the confidence necessary to attain first place.

The illustrations are colorful, but I question if they provide all the necessary show more images necessary to be a story about a group of fish. The background doesn’t always depict a water scene.

This story could work as a resource for younger students that struggle with self confidence. show less

Normally I don't comment a lot on the Easy Readers that I read (I would definitely have my 300 goal met if I did!) but I felt the need to comment on this one. If there was ever a Disney Princess book that justified the Facebook group "Disney Gave Me Unrealistic Expectations of Love" then this book might be it.