Tigger suddenly has a negative body image because his stripes make him different from the other Pooh friends. No, no, no, no no. C'monnnnn people, say it with me: "The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I'm the only one!"

Regardless, Pooh, Piglet, and Roo gleefully enable his self-hate by spending the book helping him cover up with paint, mud, and honey. By the way, the author doesn't seem to know how mud works, making it instantly encase Tigger as if in concrete. Then, as randomly as Tigger's out-of-character worry about conformity began, it goes away in time for a happy ending.

Even with its dubious plot, the most disturbing part of this book was the revelation that Eeyore's tail is prehensile when he uses it to brush over an uncovered spot on Tigger. I don't think I have ever seen that before, as Eeyore's tail is very obviously a simple prosthetic replacement that is repeatedly reattached with only a tack.

Hackwork with a profound misunderstanding of the characters. Nice art though.

(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: Tigger is a Tiger in Winnie the Pooh children’s story book. Tigger wants to be like everyone else in the story, and he wants to change how he looks by covering his stripes. First jumps in a mud pool and get all covered in mud, then he covers himself with honey, then he paints himself with orange paint. Well he did not like the orange, well he realizes that his stripes made him unique and special. He then thought that he was great and loved the way he looked.

Personal reflection: This is a book that I liked when I was a little boy, and also seen the video of Winnie the Pooh and friends. I also read to my daughters and have the videos that my Wife and I watch with the girls. The books have great colors and all different kind of characters in them. This is a book that will help in teaching kids that we are all different and special in many ways.

Class Extension:
1. We can read the book and teach the children that we are all different in our own ways.
2. Have children color a picture of Tigger in any way they like, and show everyone how we all see different ways that we like Tigger to look like.

Summary: Tigger wanted to look like everyone else so he decided to lose his stripes. He took a mud bath, a honey dip, he even painted himself all orange. He then realized that his stripes made him unique. He thought that was great so he kept his stripes and loved them.

Personal Reaction: I loved this book. I guess it's because I grew up watching and reading Winnie the Pooh. This is a great book that teaches children that everyone is special in their own way. The pictures were full of color which I thought was also great.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1) Have the class draw Tigger and color him

2) Have the class make/decorate Tigger cookies

3) Have the class paint a scene from the book ( )

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