The book opens with Rabbit worried that his garden is not getting enough rain and hoping that some distant clouds will bring rain. Having spent nearly half the pages on Rabbit's garden, the plot quickly veers off to show that Piglet is afraid of rain storms as he freaks out when the rain begins. But he gets over it quickly when his friends show him how much fun it is to jump in puddles once the rain stops. Huh?

And we never get to go back and see Rabbit happy for the rain or to see his garden perk up. It's all about the puddles?!?! Bah!

This is the last of the four original My Very First Winnie the Pooh books I've been reading this week that were first published in Australia. (I have a couple more that reprint lightly edited versions that first appeared in the U.S.A.) They all claim to be written by Kathleen W. Zoehfeld, but they are not up to the usual quality she brings to Pooh stories. Disappointing.

(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... ) ( )