Paul WenzelCritiques

Christopher Robin is upset that Pooh never remembers to say thank you, so Pooh practices it over and over with his friends in this cute little rhyming board book.

(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/23954351-rod-brown?ref=nav_mybooks&she... )

I read this book to my daughter a lot every Halloween, so it has fond memories even if the story is very mild and silly. And for some reason, the scary "rock" amuses me every time.

(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/23954351-rod-brown?ref=nav_mybooks&she... )

Summary:

"Pooh's Halloween Parade" By Isabel Gaines is about Winnie the Pooh and his friends getting ready to go to the Halloween Parade. As the group is waiting on Eeyore and Christopher Robin, there seems to be something going on in the corner. Finally, Christopher Robin comes in dressed as a bat, but Eeyore is still no where to be found. After sometime they hear some different noises coming from the corner. Christopher Robin goes to the corner and discovers that it is Eeyore, he had just fallen asleep. Everyone is together now, so they all enjoyed the parade.

Personal reaction:

Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays, because my birthday is usually Halloween themed. Winnie the Pooh and the crew are getting all ready for the Halloween parade, which is the theme. I always wished there was a parade in my area.

Classroom Extension:

1.Have the students wear their costume for a day.
2. Have the students discuss how to be safe while trick-or-treating with friends and family.

Cute Pooh story about all of the Pooh characters in Halloween costumes. A predictable Pooh First Reader. A book more appropriate for a single child or child/parent because it has a matching game and missing letter game at the end of the book that would be difficult with a group of children.

I liked this book for a few reasons. For one, I liked the characters in the story. I think that Winnie the Pooh is popular with younger students and by having books about him and his friends can help beginning readers become interested in reading. Also, I liked that this story is written in the third person point of view. Since there are multiple main characters in the story, I think it is important that none of the characters are the narrator. This eliminates any bias opinions one character may have about another. Finally, I liked the plot of the story. Parts of the story would spark suspense in a reader. For example, the characters are trying to figure out what is under a blanket because there are strange noises coming from it. In the end, the characters discover that it is just Eeyore who feel asleep under the blanket. This scene allows readers to make predictions about what they think is under the blanket. The big idea of Pooh’s Halloween Parade is that true friends will stand by you when you are scared. At the end of the story, to try and lessen the fear each character had, they walked together in the woods during the Halloween parade. When they did this, “no one was afraid. Well, maybe just a little.”½

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