Winnie the Pooh and a Library Too

Everyone in the Hundred Acre Wood pitches in when their friend Piglet needs help learning to read. This play features all the beloved characters from the Winnie the Pooh story and has a focus on SEL (social-emotional learning). A great choice for older elementary or middle school. Also, perfect for teens or adults who are performing for children. You might also consider using this play for a puppet show where Christopher Robin is a human actor, and all the other characters are puppets or stuffed animals.

About the Playwright:

Jennifer Reif has taught, directed, and performed around the Pacific Northwest for decades. Her shelves are lined with children’s books and her happy place is in the woods. She loves devising creative theatre projects with kids and sharing ideas with teachers. Jennifer holds her BA in theatre from Morningside College and also studied at Oxford University in England.

Excerpt from the play:

CHARACTERS:

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
TIGGER
OWL
RABBIT
EEYORE
WINNIE THE POOH
KANGA
ROO
PIGLET

SCENE 1
All the friends are gathered in The Hundred Acre Wood. Christopher Robin is leading the meeting.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Hear ye! Hear ye! Our meeting of The Hundred Acre Wood is called to order. I will now take attendance. Winnie the Pooh?

POOH:
Winnie the Pooh. That’s me. I’m here.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Tigger?

TIGGER:
Here, here!

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Owl?

OWL:
Hoot.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Owl.

OWL:
Hoot.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Owl!

OWL:
Oh, Yes, I’m here.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Rabbit?

RABBIT:
I’m all ears.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Piglet?

PIGLET:
Yep, yep. I’m here.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Eeyore?

EEYORE:
Well, if I have to be anywhere, I suppose here is good enough.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Kanga?

KANGA:
Present.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
That’s everyone.

ROO:
What about me?

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
I’m sorry Roo. Are you here?

ROO:
Yes. I’m here.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Now listen up everyone. Summer is coming to an end, and I won’t be able to spend as much time in The Hundred Acre Wood.

TIGGER:
No more picnics?

OWL:
No more puzzles?

RABBIT:
No more playing pirate ship?

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Not for a while. I have to go back to school.

POOH:
School is nice.

EEYORE:
If you like that kind of thing.

ROO:
Do we like that kind of thing, Mama?

KANGA:
Yes, Roo. We like school.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
School is wonderful! There is so much to learn.

ROO:
Like what?

TIGGER:
Like bouncing.

OWL:
Philosophy.

RABBIT:
Gardening.

POOH:
Reading.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
Oh yes. The world is your oyster if you know how to read.

EEYORE:
I don’t care for oysters.

POOH:
Agreed. I prefer honey.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
No Eeyore. “The world is your oyster” means anything is possible once you learn to read.

KANGA:
It’s true. Books are like doors. When you open them you can enter a brand-new world.

TIGGER:
I do love a good adventure story.

OWL:
Shakespeare.

RABBIT:
The Farmer’s Almanac.

EEYORE:
A good mystery.

POOH:
Poetry.

ROO:
A bedtime story.

KANGA:
And you know what they say, “The more you read, the more you know.”

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
That’s right. And libraries are filled with books.

ALL:
(Adlibs- I do love a good library. Libraries are wonderful. Etc.)

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN:
(Noticing Piglet) Piglet, you haven’t said a word. What kind of books do you like to read?

PIGLET:
Well, I… I… I don’t know… I…

OWL:
Come now Piglet. Are you saying you don’t like to read?

PIGLET:
(Nervous) It’s not that I don’t like to read. It’s just that I don’t know how to read.

(All look at Piglet with curiosity, not judgment.)

TIGGER:
You don’t know how to read?

PIGLET:
No.

OWL:
That’s curious.

RABBIT:
Why not?

PIGLET:
Well, I guess I just haven’t learned.