A review by biolexicon
The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff

3.0

I wish I had read this book in conjunction with other religious texts. Looking at the details of how it is similar to the Bible, for instance, would have been an good exercise in remembering that there is common ground amongst different spiritual beliefs. Though this book is an excellent resource on Taoism; I didn’t get as much out of it as I had hoped. I can’t tell if it is because I had a class that went over Taoism’s fundamentals or if it is the book itself. It might be the latter; the book is written to have a smooth flow and not to get bogged down in details (mirroring a Taoist lifestyle) but it sometimes seems to be a bit too light. I had two other problems with the book: the writer would try to make connections with problems in modern day society (the connections seemed more like rants and less like intelligent commentary) and the imagined dialogue between the author and Pooh seemed corny and contrived. This was especially true in the second book, The Te of Piglet. Overall though, this was a very creative approach to explaining Taoist principles and was worth my time to read.