Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Oh Bother! Someone’s Fighting (1997)

    Oh Bother!  Someone’s Fighting (1997) by Nikky Grimes is a Golden Books publication based on the Pooh stories by A.A. Milne. Eeyore is moving a pile of thistles back-and-forth and back-and-forth. “It wasn’t a very interesting way to spend an afternoon but then your head nothing better to do." Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, and Pooh give Eeyore advice about how to spend time. Of course, their opinions reflect their own preferences. Unfortunately, Tigger and Rabbit fight over what's best for Eeyore. Piglet saves the day with a suggestion the everyone can enjoy. It might have been nice refocus on Eeyore.  An adult could explicitly point out this alternate solution: What would Eeyore like to do? "'Does anybody want to know what I--' began Eeyore, but he never finished hs sentence. Tigger and Rabbit were so busy arguing wth each other, they forget that Eeyor was even there." Children may empathize with Eeyore's problem of being told what they should like to do.

     Jamie Harmon has Poster: Eeyor Quote.  Meet the Needs has Eeyore File Folder Games. Brilliant Pathways Enterprises has a Winnie the Pooh Craft.

 

The Santa Clauses (1986)

The Santa Clauses retold by Achim Broger is a cute story of a young boy who saves Christmas. In this story, the little guy learns that ther...