When Owl suggests that Pooh and his friends play school indoors one rainy day--with himself as the teacher--Pooh wants to eat, Tigger keeps bouncing, and the others are all distracted, too, so it is up to Christopher Robin to find a solution.

Pooh is playing a game by the river with Rabbit, Roo, and Piglet, when who should float by but Eeyore! What is he doing in the river? Eeyore gives Rabbit three guesses. Is Eeyore digging holes in the ground? Wrong. Is he leaping from branch to branch of an oak tree? Wrong. Is he waiting for somebody to help him out of the river? Right. Perfect for early readers, Pooh Invents a New Game will not fail to please!

Using a balloon to float in the air, Winnie-the-Pooh pretends he is a cloud so he can reach the bees' honey.