Mary Carey (1) (1925–1994)

Pooh offers to help Rabbit pick apples for applesauce, but they can only reach the lowest apples in the tree. Tigger can reach the higher apples with his bounces, but they have trouble keeping him on task and run into his fear of heights once again.

It's not a bad problem or solution to hang a story on, but it doesn't do much to excite or entertain either.

(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... )… (mehr)

On his way to Christopher Robin's to ask for more honey, Pooh is shamed by Gopher for not working to earn his own honey. The story drags on as Pooh's other friends then offer -- one after the other in turn -- their own unsuccessful ideas for getting honey out of the bee hive. Ho-hum.

And all for a weak moral about sticking to your own ideas and not trying to please everyone else.

(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... )… (mehr)

A patronizing and preachy little book that tells us how to be happy and healthy by not overeating, keeping a tidy appearance, getting fresh air and exercise, and cheering up others. Simplistic and not fun to read.

I see several bookstores around the internet attributing this book to Mary Carey, but I do not see her name in my 1990 edition of the book or any of the editions whose title pages are available to view on the internet. I'd be interested in knowing if there is some edition that does have her name or how she came to be associated with the book.

(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... )… (mehr)