KID TECH; Disney loses bounce with new Pooh CD.

KID TECH; Disney loses bounce with new Pooh CD.

The Boston Herald

March 8, 1999 | Ray, Robin | Copyright

[B]By ROBIN RAY

Winnie the Pooh & Tigger Too Animated Storybook. Disney Interactive, $30. For ages 3 to 6. CD-ROM for Power Macintosh or Windows 95 tow stars

When I gave this new Disney CD-ROM to my kindergarten tester's mother, she said, "Oh, this is great! Luisa will love this!"

Unfortunately, her mother reported a week later, Luisa didn't love it. It's hard to see why any child would.

At the heart of this CD-ROM is a mangled version of two stories from A. A. Milne's "The House at Pooh Corner," involving the famous characters of Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Tigger and Christopher Robin.

Disney has done away with much of the humorous, simple language that Milne used for his Pooh stories, and substituted a pretty dull narrative in its place. …

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