Pooh: The Bouncing Bear

Disney's Pooh and Friends

by Ronald Kidd

Pooh is trying to keep up with Tigger and practices bouncing. In his dreams Pooh can even fly, still bouncing is hard.

31 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Ronald Kidd is the author of thirteen novels for young readers, including the highly acclaimed “Night on Fire” and “Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial.” His novels of adventure, comedy, mystery, and American history have received the Children's Choice Award, an Edgar Award nomination, and honors from the American Library Association, the International Reading Association, the Library of Congress, and the New York Public Library. He is a two-time O'Neill playwright who lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

Big, fat Pooh can't bounce, and he's just going to have to suck it up and live with it. I came to the same realization a while back.

(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... )

[Holly Nash · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a cute story, it teaches a great lesson on problem solving but also one about accepting yourself which is just as important. Pooh bear learns to accept that even though he can’t bounce, he’s still is bouncy on the inside.

Eeyore’s comment made me giggle as he was a little sarcastic about his tail

[Ramanda Flannery · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is one of many from the from the Pooh series. This book is about Pooh wanting to learn how to bounce. He asked all of his friends to help him learn, but none of them knew. In the end he decided that he could still be Pooh the bouncing bear because he was bouncing inside!
I would use this book with a lesson on problem solving!

[Sophie]

I read this one with Daddy in the RMHC family room at the hospital. My friend Deborah listened in for a bit, too. The next day down the hallway, I told daddy that bears don't bounce, but Roo, Kanga, and Tigger can.