My Very First Winnie the Pooh Growing Up Stories

Disney's My Very First Winnie the Pooh

by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

A collection of Pooh stories is designed to teach preschoolers basic concepts such as the seasons and to lessen fears about "firsts" such as going to the doctor or the first day of school.

Genres: Childrens

192 pages, Hardcover

First published June 20, 1999

About the author

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than sixty books for children, including DINOSAUR TRACKS, "a great choice for even the most discriminating dinophiles" (School Library Journal); DID DINOSAURS HAVE FEATHERS?, a Children's Book of the Month Club selection, described as "fascinating" by Kirkus Reviews; and DINOSAURS BIG AND SMALL, a 2003 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award winner.

When she's not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathleen loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing fossils for her local natural history museums.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of some of my favorite books from the "My Very First Winnie the Pooh" series, all written Kathleen W. Zoehfeld and illustrated by Robbin Cuddy, a team second only to Milne and Shepard. It includes an introduction by Tillie Scarritt that acts as a parent guide to how the stories can be used to help children cope with anxieties and fears about the first day of school, visiting the doctor, having bad dreams, etc.

I've reviewed most of the books contained herein as part of my Pooh project already, but as a bonus for me today, it contains one of the few books from the series that my family doesn't own, Happy New Year, Pooh! It has a stupid premise, with Pooh, Piglet and Tigger realizing that their calendars end on December 31 with no further pages, and so of course that must mean the end of time. They spend the book writing an ode to the months of the year that they fear they shall never see again. But, as with most Pooh stories, it ends with a quick explanation from Christopher Robin and a party for all the Pooh friends. Silly but nice. Three stars.

This collection contains:
• Pooh's First Day of School
• Happy New Year, Pooh!
• Pooh Plays Doctor (also published as Pooh Visits The Doctor and Pooh Gets a Checkup)
• Pooh's Bad Dream (also published as Sweet Dreams, Pooh)
• Don't Talk to Strangers, Pooh! (also published as Safe at Home with Pooh)
• Pooh's Neighborhood

(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... )

[Sweetdhee]

Karena Mas Galang suka banget kalau ada story telling Winnie and Friends di Disney Junior, maka saya bongkar kardus harta karun di kantor.
And i found this beautiful book.

Angkuuut!
Ayuk, Mas. Kita baca-baca sebelum bobo yaaa

[Travis Berketa · Rating 3 out of 5]

My youngest daughter picked this from the library, as she enjoys hearing most Disney stories and Winnie the Pooh is no exception. She loved hearing each of the stories and made sure that I did the voices for the characters, so that she could immerse herself in the tales that were being told.

From my point of view, I enjoyed reading the stories to her, though I never really got into Winnie the Pooh as a child, as I couldn't understand what a Pooh Bear was and then why anyone would allow themselves to be called Pooh. Although, I loved some of the double entendre that came from some of the stories that revolved around Pooh.

A good book for those that enjoy the characters of the Hundred Acre Wood.

[Kristen Stone]

Read to Lizzie. She loved it.