Eleanor KweiCritiques

This board book is an adaptation of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, Chapter Five: In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump. Eleanor Kwei has adapted Ernest H. Shepard's original illustrations to fit a highly condensed storyline.

The gimmick of this particular board book is that it is layered by die-cuts to show all the featured characters when the book is closed. As you read the story, each page turn reveals what the character is doing on their particular page.

Though severely abbreviated, even the essence of Milne's original tale is solid and entertaining.

(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... )

This board book is an adaptation of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, Chapter Four: In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One. Eleanor Kwei has adapted Ernest H. Shepard's original illustrations to fit a slightly revised storyline.

The gimmick of this particular board book is that it is layered by die-cuts to show all six featured characters when the book is closed. As you read the story, each page turn reveals what the character is doing on their particular page.

As the original chapter only had four characters, this adaptation takes some liberties to fill out the cast. Thus, Pooh stops to ask Piglet and Tigger if they've seen Eeyore's tail before ending up at Owl's house where a certain bell rope will catch his attention. Tigger is not only not included in the original chapter, he isn't even in the Pooh book where the chapter appears, not showing up until The House at Pooh Corner.

This rendering is nowhere near as good as the original chapter since it is chopped down severely to be told in a tiny fraction of the number of words but it still evokes Milne enough to put a little smile on my face.

(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... )

An early board book for our daughter that introduces shapes, colors, opposites, numbers and letters. The number of missing flaps is testament to how many times we had fun revisiting this one.

(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... )

This is a interactive book for younger children. The book provides a fun way to learn your shapes, colors, letters, numbers and how to tell time with the element of surprise. The book also includes a game of hide and seek for further enjoyment. Pooh travels thru the book asking questions and his answers are underneath the flaps!

I personally enjoyed reading the story to my niece. I love Winnie the Pooh, he is my favorite character. I love how the book kept her engaged even after I was finished reading.

I would use the book as a tool to teach the children there shapes, colors, and numbers, by making the book into an interactive game thru out the classroom. I would put flaps on the walls, floors and tables and send the children on a scavenger hunt for answers. I would also use the book's reference to telling time as a transition tool. By making a clock and placing a picture of Pooh next to it, and making it Pooh's time. This book would be a great tool to redirect an upset child or one having trouble with using gentle touches. This book would give them something to do with their hands and is interesting enough to calm them down.

This book teaches young children different letters, shapes, and numbers. It also allows the children to interact with the story by flipping up the cut outs.

Attractive book and true to the spirit of the original. The illustrations beneath the flaps are charmingly Edwardian (E: eggcup). The flaps are thoughtfully provided with cutouts for little fingers to grasp, but may still prove too fragile for the children who will be most attracted to the simple concepts.