Giving

I read this book to my daughter many, many times in several different versions so it has great sentimental value even if I dislike the way Pooh's friends peer pressure him into giving away spare honey pots for a charity drive. From one hoarder to another Pooh, I feel your pain.

This seems to be the original version of The Giving Bear, but I have five more. Excepting the original Milne books, I am not aware of any original Pooh storybook that has more reprints, adaptations, and abridged or expanded versions.

I read the first alternate version back in February of this year when the Pooh Project was just getting under way. Pooh, the Giving Bear is an adaptation in the My Very First Winnie the Pooh picture book series. It uses the same pictures but adds a bunch of words to every sentence throughout the book, improving the story slightly.

The reader version: "Hello, Piglet," answered Pooh. "What's in your wagon?"

The picture book version: "Hello, little Piglet," said Pooh when he saw his friend. "What's all that you have there in your wagon. Is it for me?"

I have the next four versions queued up to read over the next few days. Let's give until it hurts.

(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... ) ( )