Oh, Bother! Someone's Afraid of the Dark

Disney's Winnie-The-Pooh's Helping Hands

by Betty G. Birney

When Tigger and Owl convince Piglet to come out and look at the stars, the sight of all the constellations makes him forget he is afraid of the dark

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Emotion

Hardcover

First published August 1, 1994

About the author

From kindergarten through graduation, I attended school in Affton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Then I graduated from Webster College (now Webster University) in Webster Groves, Missouri. Of course, I majored in English and kept on writing.

After working in advertising in St. Louis, Missouri and in Chicago, Illinois, I eventually moved to Southern California. First, I worked for Disneyland (fun job!) in the advertising department. The monorail whizzed past my window all day long. Then I worked at the Disney Studio in Burbank, where I had another fun job, writing and producing television and radio commercials and theatrical trailers (previews of coming attractions) for everything from re-releases of "Cinderella" and "Fantasia" to "Tex."

When the Disney Channel was started, I became a writer and story editor for WELCOME TO POOH CORNER. Since then, I've written more than 200 episodes of animated and live-action television programs including MADELINE, DOUG, BOBBY'S WORLD, DUMBO'S CIRCUS, THE PUZZLE PLACE, CAMP CANDY, LITTLE MOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, WHERE'S WALDO, FRAGGLE ROCK and ZOOBILEE ZOO. That's right, I write cartoons! I also wrote a number of award-winning afterschool specials and many interactive CD-ROM programs, including the award-winning "Berenstain Bears on their Own," "Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood Ever," and "The Crayon Factory."

A made-for-television family movie I wrote, MARY CHRISTMAS, starring John Schneider, Cynthia Gibb and Tom Bosley, aired on the PAX network in 2002. It was the highest rated movie in PAX history and has aired each Christmas season since then.

I have been fortunate enough to win a Writer's Guild of America Award and three Humanitas Prizes (as well as two other nominations). In 2002, I won a Daytime Emmy Award for MADELINE, after two previous Emmy nominations. More recently, I received the Christopher Award for FRIENDSHIP ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY, many children's choice awards for THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY and was inducted into the Affton (MO) School District Hall of Fame.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

When Piglet invites Pooh to a sleepover at his house, even a bear of very little brain can suss out that all the jumping at shadows and sounds means that Piglet is afraid of the dark. A solution involving constellations seems unlikely, but, hey, whatever gets you through the night, Piglet.


(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... )

[Kaotic · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finding my stash of my childhood has been a fun break from adult life.

I love Pooh and these books.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty sure this is probably a shortened episode of the Winnie the Pooh and Friends Cartoon. Overall, it’s pretty cute but it’s kind of long and I can’t really tell what age group it’s for? Definitely too long for 3 year olds as mine lost his attention towards the last few pages. Overall, would give it 3/5 stars ⭐️

[Jc · Rating 3 out of 5]

The dark can be a scary place for little ones.

[Konner Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun & challenging to a young reader... and fits the theme that Halloween is the best season

[MK · Rating 4 out of 5]

Winnie Pooh never lets us down.
Their friendship is amazing.
Piglet was glad he had a fun night thanks to his friends.

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good book about fear to be honest. A few of the illustrations are a bit odd.

[Georgina Warren · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book, Piglet is afraid of the dark. When Piglet and Pooh are tucked in bed, they hear strange noises. Will Piglet be able to face his fear of the dark? Pooh wants Piglet to come star gazing. This story presents a nice lesson about facing your fears.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pooh is a favorite at our house, and I like being able to approach fears with Piglet. It just shows kids how silly it is to be afraid, without calling THEM silly. They can relate to Piglet.

[Sabina Musa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this because I'm out of books. I had no choice.By the way I'm 14.