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Disney's My Very First Winnie the Pooh
Gopher's Day Out
Everyone is wishing that Gopher could come to the party. But Gopher is too busy digging tunnels. When Gopher swings his pick-axe right into the middle of his X, something happens that sends him hurrying to the party.
Adapted from the short story "Gopher's Day Off" from Disney's Winnie the Pooh's Bedtime Stories, written by Bruce Talkington and illustrated by John Kurtz.
Adapted from the short story "Gopher's Day Off" from Disney's Winnie the Pooh's Bedtime Stories, written by Bruce Talkington and illustrated by John Kurtz.
- GenresChildrensPicture Books
29 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1999
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June 15, 2023
Pooh tries to invite Gopher to a picnic, but the workaholic little critter wants to keep working on a tunnel project. But when his tunnels flood, Gopher tries to do the hanging out with friends thing. His obsession with digging keeps turning little casual chores into big disasters. Luckily, he's able to get back to work, no longer underfoot but back underground where he belongs. The moral: Work-life balance be damned; choose a job you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
This isn't a bad story, but the pacing of the book is way off, with the leisurely picnic taking up half the book and all of Gopher's above-ground shenanigans with physical comedy getting crammed onto two-page spreads that read more like summaries than stories. And the big finale with Gopher saving the day against a looming flood that could sweep away his friends homes is illustrated with pictures that miss all the moments of high action or drama.
The title page says this is an adaptation, and it does feel like a poor regurgitation of something else, but for the life of me, I cannot find what this is adapting. I've seen almost all the Pooh movies and shows -- with the exception of the unwatchable "My Friends Tigger and Pooh" which aired years after this book was made. It feels like it should be from "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," and while I found some vaguely similar episodes by reviewing fan sites and scanning through Disney+, none seem to really match the story here. If anyone has any ideas, I'd really like to hear them.
UPDATE, JUNE 15, 2023:
I have finally found the source! This is a very poor retelling of the short story "Gopher's Day Off" from Disney's Winnie the Pooh's Bedtime Stories, written by Bruce Talkington and illustrated by John Kurtz. The original story is pretty bad, mind you, but this heavily abridged and reworked version is even worse.
(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... )
This isn't a bad story, but the pacing of the book is way off, with the leisurely picnic taking up half the book and all of Gopher's above-ground shenanigans with physical comedy getting crammed onto two-page spreads that read more like summaries than stories. And the big finale with Gopher saving the day against a looming flood that could sweep away his friends homes is illustrated with pictures that miss all the moments of high action or drama.
The title page says this is an adaptation, and it does feel like a poor regurgitation of something else, but for the life of me, I cannot find what this is adapting. I've seen almost all the Pooh movies and shows -- with the exception of the unwatchable "My Friends Tigger and Pooh" which aired years after this book was made. It feels like it should be from "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," and while I found some vaguely similar episodes by reviewing fan sites and scanning through Disney+, none seem to really match the story here. If anyone has any ideas, I'd really like to hear them.
UPDATE, JUNE 15, 2023:
I have finally found the source! This is a very poor retelling of the short story "Gopher's Day Off" from Disney's Winnie the Pooh's Bedtime Stories, written by Bruce Talkington and illustrated by John Kurtz. The original story is pretty bad, mind you, but this heavily abridged and reworked version is even worse.
(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... )
January 21, 2025
It was alright. The story rambled and took quite a long time, and the way in which it meandered confused my child.
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