Pooh's Honey Tree

Winnie the Pooh First Readers #5

by Walt Disney Company, Isabel Gaines, Nancy Stevenson

Pooh follows a bee to a honey tree and devises schemes to get his favorite food into his tummy

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Kids, 1st Grade

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

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Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

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Reviews

[Rarufu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wat dit een goed boek maakt is dat het zo goed geschreven is. Woordkeus, klankkleur en ritme: alles klopt. Verder is het leuk te lezen hoe vastberaden, maar ook inventief en creatief Winnie is als het om honing gaat. Dit is ook een favoriet van mijn dochter.

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book for beginner readers. I read this to my first grade class and the kids seemed ok with it. This is also a AR book for anyone who wants to know.

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a beginning reader adaptation of Chapter I In Which We Are Introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees, and the Story Begins from the chapter book Winnie-The-Pooh.

Pooh is hungry from some honey, so he devises a plan to get honey from a bee tree.

This is the quintessential Winnie the Pooh tale.

[Diana Pettis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Xander said because this book was to babyish for him because he is older now. Although as his mom I would have to say the level is appropriate for him. I noticed that he was not always looking through words completely.

This level is J in Guided Reading.

[Tyler Lutz · Rating 5 out of 5]

"You cannot get honey with a balloon," said Christopher Robin.

"I will use it to float up to the honey," said Pooh.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a level 2 Winnie The Pooh book. It is a remake of the movie. Where Pooh makes him into a little black rain cloud.