The Hundred-Acre Wood is experiencing a bit of a drought, and Pooh's favorite tree starts turning brown, so he rallies his friends to help water it. In a forced coincidence, everyone else loves that particular tree too for different reasons, so they're eager to assist . . with a touch of slapstick clumsiness.

It's a fairly bland story, but it might have won me over except for the artists' insistence on drawing Pooh's head in unflattering angles, always have him looking down or slightly away from the reader. There's not a single straight-on Pooh grin or a joyful smackerel of honey to be found in the book. Gimme the honey shot! Show me the honeyyyyyyy!

(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... ) ( )