Friendship Day

Lessons From the Hundred Acre Wood #1

by Nancy Parent

Pooh and his friends celebrate the meaning of friendship.
--back cover

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Friendship, Fiction

27 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[C. (Comment, never msg). · Rating 5 out of 5]

When many readers declare they love books: we mean something more than the text. Loving books means, for us, the physical objects. Therefore I am at charity sales and second-hand shops a lot and love buying children’s literature that looks special. Sometimes my niece and nephew are in mind but I enjoy and appreciate it; particularly Canadian work. Regardless of stories being created by an Englishman and continued by American Disney adaptor, Nancy Parent; the black bear who gave Alan Alexander Milne the idea is from White River, Ontario.

It was an important railway stop and WWI veterinarian, Lieutenant Harry Colebourn, for some reason brought Winnie to England en route to war. He is from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Thus this beloved youngster, orphaned by a hunter, is named after my city. Our Assiniboine Zoo has a statue of Winnie and Harry. As you see, when a storybook is tiny, my review enlarges upon its sometimes much more complex provenance. The depth and quality of Winnie-The-Pooh productions vary, due to becoming a franchise, in place of personal stories for an author’s child. Some are “phoned-in”; taking the famous animal faces on an abstract romp. Others are nice stories that have heart and morals.

“Friendship Day”, 2000, is a beautiful, memorable book of positive emotions that is worth having. Philippe Harchy as usual, is the wonderful artist of these moving pages. I was never a child or adult who tolerated even fictional critters feeling glum; thinking it unfair if the same character was affected over again. This is a highly-favoured story by me because it is loving. Eeyore is so happy, he is smiling and contributes the most meaningful gifts to their chums’ celebration of friendship day. About once a year, a black bear graces our Manitoba property. Oh, they are surreally gorgeous!

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

A special occasion, a walk around the Hundred-Acre Woods with Pooh as he meets up with each of his friends one at a time, a book-ending party. This one leans heavily on the simplest and most over-used Pooh plot.

They even throw in Eeyore's tail going missing -- the second most popular plot -- but in an appalling move the problem is dismissed with a shrug, no one looks for the tail, and Eeyore is still tail-less at book's end. Nasty. And in a book about friendship!

(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... )

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soon it will be Friendship Day in the Hundred Acre Wood. There will be games, food, and lots of fun. Everyone is doing something special for the special day. Everyone except Eeyore, who can’t think of anything to do to celebrate the day. Can Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Roo, Owl, Tigger, and Christopher Robin help him find something special for friendship Day?

This delightful story has a heartwarming message for young readers about the true meaning of friendship. Readers young and old will find much to appreciate in this delightfully-illustrated tale.

Highly recommended.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a wonderful book to learn and share about the special relationships we have with one another. Our dear friends! The gang from the hundred acre wood all are celebrating and thinking of each other for Friendship Day.

[Sha_von · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thgis is a great book about friends. I lets kids know that friendship equals caring and that friends are very special. It also helps kids to express themselves too.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember looking at this book with my brother and loving the illustrations as a kid. You could tell even as a child that the ending was really happy.

[John Yelverton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was actually a pretty dumb and unsatisfying read, and was really not up to par with the rest of the Winnie-the-Pooh books.

[Zelie · Rating 4 out of 5]

So sweet!

I love Roo but Eeyore is the hero of the story <3

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like it because Christopher Robin makes hats for everybody.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've had this book practically since forever, it is so worn and used... I love it!