Russell Hicks

Tigger and Roo discover that one kangaroo's trash is another owl's treasure when they accidentally litter a bunch of tin pots that Kanga wanted them to take to the garbage tree -- a literal hollow tree stuffed with trash from the Hundred-Acre Wood. When the duo backtracks to find where they dropped the pots, they discover that what they thought was trash has been repurposed into a second life by their friends.

It's a nice little ecological message that unfolds in a slow and obvious but satisfying manner. The clean, simple art helps it succeed over the very similar Winnie The Pooh: Somebody's Treasure that I panned a while back due to its silly artistic choices.

(Pooh Project: Phase 2! I've managed to catalog all the shorter Pooh books my family owns (see the list here). While I work through few remaining longer Pooh books we own, I'm missing my daily dose of Pooh, so I'm going to start seeking out some of the Pooh books I don't own – yet – from libraries IRL and online. See the reviews here.)… (meer)

Oh my thoughts on this book are varied.

It's a great take--I mean, Christmas has gone commercial and the reminder of its heart is so crucial. Readers will recognize drones, cyber attacks, etc. It's truly a 21st Century tale.

But I really hated it. Okay, so hate is a strong word. Yet for a book that promotes heart....I didn't feel as if this book has it. The writing was stiff. I wasn't engaged in the story. It felt disjointed. The write-up was more promising than the finished product itself.

There will be a place for it in the library collection. But will I add it to my own--that would be a no.

**Thanks to Edelweiss and the book's publisher for an ARC of this book!**… (meer)