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Disney's Pooh Says Boo!

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Pooh, Tigger and friends are generally adored by my children, but this small board book failed to capture their interest. The sturdy flaps reveal nothing of interest to inquisitive young minds. For example, rather than friendly ghouls, two lightening bolts hide behind one of the flaps. The flaps are difficult for toddlers to grasp. The text is awkward for both children and adults. It is the first Pooh book my children did not want to read again.

I hope the person at Disney who was responsible for this book was fired, because this book is awful. It seems almost impossible to have problems with a five page-turn book, but this one manages it. First, there is the story line where on one page Piglet builds his "spookable" so he isn't afraid, then on the very next page, he hides under the chair. Did anyone else catch the fact that Tigger and Pooh seem to change their Halloween costumes between page turns. First Pooh has a space-suit (pictured on the cover) then he is a ghost with a sheet over him. Tigger starts out wearing a skeleton outfit, then he too is a ghost with a sheet over his head, then he as no outfit at all at the end. Does Disney employ editors? Hello! This book seems to be a half-hearted Halloween themed board book rushed to market without any thought nor effort placed on storyline, consistency, or logic.

This is a short book -- five rhyming verses, five lift-the-flaps. Piglet is scared of Halloween so he builds himself a "spookable," a mechanical monster, to test his own mettle. He figures if he can handle he spookable he'll be able to handle whatever Halloween brings. The spookable is a scary-looking contraption. If your child can handle the somewhat scary drawings, they might work for the child just like they do for piglet.