Here's the first reference I've ever seen that the Hundred-Acre Wood has a lake -- and one large enough to have a desert island at that! Poor Pooh becomes a castaway upon it, and, being a literary bear, ruminates on Robinson Crusoe as he confronts the wildlife and tries to survive the elements.

So, yeah, not your usual Pooh story.

It's almost wild enough to like, but it is told in rhyme and the constant, random changes in rhyme scheme (AABB, ABAB, AAA, AABBC, ABABC) and meter throughout the book drove me bonkers. And the ending just doesn't flow with what has come before.

(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... ) ( )