How Do You Hop So High? Animal Talents

Winnie The Pooh's Thinking Spot #1

by K. Emily Hutta, Adam Devaney (Illustrator)

Pooh and his friends wander through the Hundred-Acre Wood discovering all kinds of things such as animal talents, how plants grow, and gravity.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

28 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

Here's another Winnie the Pooh educational series I'll be working my way through over the next couple weeks. Here's hoping the rest of them are better than this first book.

Pooh, Tigger, and Roo wander around observing the wildlife of the Hundred-Acre Wood, marveling at their various talents: a high-jumping frog, a water-breathing fish, a tree-climbing squirrel, etc. Tigger always boasts he can do the same until he proves he can't, and Pooh gets bummed because he feels he has no worthy talents to speak of. But Tigger and Roo help him figure out a few.

Ho-hum. Pedestrian script and art.

(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... )

[J9 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was never a big Pooh fan, but this is a series I can get on board with. My twin 3 yr olds got a few of these for their birthday and all my children, including the 5 yr old, love them. I love them because they're educational without being boring. There are a million books out there about numbers, shapes, letters, and colors, but what about those other Kindergarten concepts they need to learn? This one was science, all about observing the world around them and how every living thing has their own special talents. (ie birds can fly, frogs can jump, etc.) They talked about Pooh struggling with finding his talent when someone like Tigger had a talent that was obvious. (jumping) I loved how they focused on all the characters being quiet and observing the world around them. I loved how Tigger made a chart to show all the different creatures and what their talents were. And I loved the end of the book's note to parents with ideas on how to formulate this into a learning lesson, complete with science observation methodology and activities. Overall a great learning tool and a fun read to boot. Highly recommended.

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many animals have so many talents! Tigger and Roo can hop so high! Rabbit can run fast! Everyone seems to be able to do something except Pooh. Roo and Tigger help Pooh find what he's good at.
A book that could be used to remind kids that it's okay if you're not good at everything! There is something special about you.

I also liked that the friends spent time in nature, watching animals, and noticing things about them. Even Tigger was uncustomarily still.

There's a lot of fun things you could do playing off of or with this book.
Recommended!

[Carmaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Disney's Winnie the Pooh Thinking Spot series may have been popular years ago; nonetheless, readers today will be engaged with problem solving and Science Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Math (STREAM) skills. Examine facts, observe nature, discover animals, and make decisions. Build vocabulary and relationships with these timeless tales of wonder! Family friendly activities are included supporting life-long learning fun.

[Mellanie C · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this a long time ago.

[Ryan Fifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

My niece is obsessed with Winnie the Pooh right now.

[Kourtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Winnie the Pooh

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like how these stories inspire my kids to share the things they know about the topics.

[Jasmine · Rating 3 out of 5]

How Do You Hop So High was a book about Winnie and his friends walking throgh the woods and observing different animals. This book would help in the classroom by teaching children that even though you can't do what everyone else does you have your own special talents and you should be proud of your talents.

[Bruce Gumbert]

Nice kids book, but then I really like tigger.