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Winnie the Pooh (or Pooh for short) is an anthropomorphic teddy bear who debuted in Disney's 1966 short Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. He is depicted as a stuffed toy belonging to Christopher Robin with golden fur, and a red shirt. Pooh’s most prominent traits are his love of honey and reputation as a “bear of very little brains.” Pooh is based on the character of the same name from the books written by A.A. Milne. Pooh Bear resides in the Hundred Acre Wood, an imaginative world inhabited b

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Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie.

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This 75th anniversary collector's edition presents Milne's complete stories and verse on Winnie the Pooh in one deluxe volume. Features a color bookplate, headbands, and foil stamping. Full color.\nIn 1926, the world was introduced to a portly little bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Along with his young friend, Christopher Robin, Pooh delighted readers from the very beginning. His often befuddled perceptions and adorable insights won the hearts of everyone around him, including his close group of friends. From the energetic Tigger to the dismal Eeyore, A. A. Milne created a charming bunch, both entertaining and inspirational. These simple creatures often reflected a small piece of all of us: humble, silly, wise, cautious, creative, and full of life. Remember when Piglet did a very grand thing, or Eeyore's almost-forgotten birthday? Gorgeous watercolor illustrations from Ernest H. Shepard appear in all their glory. With beautiful colors and simple lines, these images hold their own as classics. The tales, filled with superb story lines and lessons, will continue to capture the hearts of new generations.

Winnie is a bear. So why do we call him a Pooh?

Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared in 1924 as Edward Bear in the book When We Were Very Young, A. A. Milne's first collection of poetry for children. Then, he reappeared in 1926 in the collection of stories called Winnie-the-Pooh. Now loved by millions of readers all over the world, this lovable bear with a weakness for honey along with his pals Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Roo, Rabbit, and Tigger are all here in this lavish collector's edition. It brings together all the Pooh stories and all the poems in one full-color, large-format book. Enhanced by Ernest Shepard's original watercolors, the unabridged texts include Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, and Now We Are Six. Enjoy all the antics of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, as well as beloved poems like "Buckingham Palace," "Rice Pudding," "Us Two," and many more. Simple in structure and lasing in insight, A. A. Milne's works hold something for readers of all ages. This classic edition is one to collect and treasure.

Some Winnie the Pooh quotes (A A Milne): “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” “Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.” “We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” “If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.” “You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” “I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” “When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.” “Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.” “If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.” “Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” “The things that make me different are the things that make me.” “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why we call it the present." ____________________ Some Winnie the Pooh, and related, trivia: Winnie the Pooh, aka Pooh Bear, is a fictional bear created by A A Milne in various stories and collections of stories that appeared between 1924 and 1928. Originally named Winnie-the-Pooh, the hyphens were dropped when Disney acquired the rights and produced its own features. ____________________ Milne named the character after a teddy bear owned by his son Christopher Robin. Winnie was the name of a popular Canadian black bear in the London Zoo. That bear had been purchased in Canada as a cub from a hunter by Lieutenant Harry Colebourn. Colebourn was a Canadian en route to England in WW1 and he purchased the bear in 1914. He named the bear Winnie after his hometown, Winnipeg and smuggled it into England, where it became the unofficial mascot of the Fort Garry Horse. Winnie was left with the London Zoo whilst Colebourn’s unit served in France. After the war she was officially donated to the zoo and she became a popular attraction. Lieutenant Colebourn with Winnie, 1914 Christopher Robin with Winnie at the London Zoo. Christopher Robin had been given a large doll bear for his first birthday, which he had named Edward Bear. Because Christopher was one of Winnie's greatest fans and a frequent visitor to the zoo (where he was allowed to enter Winnie's enclosure, above), Christopher renamed his doll bear Winnie the Bear. Christopher Robin with Winnie the Bear. ____________________ Pooh was the name of a swan that Milne and his son encountered whilst on holiday. In the first book it is explained that Winnie is called Pooh because that is the sound made when he tries to blow flies from his nose: “...whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think – but I am not sure – that that is why he is always called Pooh.” An alternate explanation is also offered in another work, that Pooh was what Christopher Robin had called a swan. With the swan gone, Christopher Robin changed the name of the doll bear to Winnie the Pooh to remember the swan. ____________________ Christopher Robin’s names for his other toys were used for the additional characters in the Pooh stories, except for Owl and Rabbit. The toys are now on display in the New York Public Library. Original Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed toys. Clockwise from bottom left: Tigger, Kanga, Edward Bear ("Winnie-the-Pooh"), Eeyore and Piglet. ____________________ Milne’s son Christopher Robin (1920-1996) was the inspiration for the Christopher Robin of the Pooh stories. Most will be familiar with the lines “Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares! Christopher Robin is saying his prayers!” Milne’s mother kept his hair long and dressed him in girlish clothes, having wanted a girl. The girlish hair and clothing also appear in the Pooh books. Not long after Christopher’s birth, Milne had written to a friend “We did rather want a Rosemary.” Christopher Robin and Winnie with his mother, Dorothy ('Daphne') Milne (née de Sélincourt) ____________________ Christopher served in the army for 5 years during WW2. Originally rejected on medical grounds, his father was able to secure him an enlistment, serving in the Middle East and Italy where he was wounded. Ironically both Christopher and his father had been pacifists. ____________________ Whilst serving abroad, Christopher became resentful at what he considered to be his father’s exploitation of his childhood. He came to hate the Pooh books and stories which prevented him having an identity in his own right. Even at boarding school as a child he had been constantly teased about the Pooh association. In 1973 he wrote that as a child "I quite liked being Christopher Robin and being famous. There were indeed times . . . when it was exciting and made me feel grand and important." In 1974, in his autobiography The Enchanted Place he described how that feeling had changed: “...when I was trudging London in search of an employer wanting to make use of such talents as I could offer, it seemed to me, almost, that my father had got to where he was by climbing upon my infant shoulders, that he had filched from me my good name and had left me with nothing but the empty fame of being his son.” The book caused Oliver Marre Pendennis of The Observer to comment that Christopher "had spent over 40 years trying to get off his knees from saying his prayers. Perhaps the most famous of all tiny boys (by comparison Little Lord Fauntleroy was a mere starlet), A.A. Milne's golden-curled son grew up loathing the Pooh books." ____________________ In 1948 Christopher married his cousin, a marriage disliked by his mother in that she did not get on with her brother, who was the father of his bride. His mother had not spoken to her brother for 30 years. Christopher Robin Milne, pictured here with his fiancée Lesley Selincourt in 1948 ____________________ Despite his association with the Pooh character and his hostility to it, he opened a bookshop with his wife in 1951. It was a moderate success. He saw his father occasionally before his father’s death in 1956 but had no further contact with his mother for the next 15 years until her death. On her deathbed she refused to see him. ____________________ A few months after his father's death in 1956, Christopher's daughter Clare was born, and diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy. She would later run a charity for the disabled called the Clare Milne Trust. ____________________ Christopher battled for some years with myasthenia gravis, a neurological disease, and passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 20th, 1996. ____________________

Canadian soldier, Lieutenant Harry Colebourn, smuggled the cub into Britain during the First World War and it later became a London Zoo attraction

National Winnie the Pooh Day on January 18th commemorates author A.A. Milne's birthday in 1882.

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In 1914 Harry Colebourn, a vet on his way to tend horses in the first world war, rescued a baby bear and named her Winnie. A remarkable friendship began and a journey from the fields of Canada to an army base in England and finally to London Zoo, where Winnie made another friend - a boy named Christopher Robin… Harry Colebourn’s real-life great-granddaughter, Lindsay Mattick tells the story

Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl! In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war.

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Few things make a mom of little people panic more than the words "I'm booooored!" on a rainy day. Be prepared! Gather everything you need for a Winnie the Pooh rainy day - or as Pooh would say, "A blustery day." Whether you have toddlers or grade school kids, you're sure to find something in this list your kids will enjoy. * Do as Christopher Robin does: Don rain gear and head out for a walk. * Play Pin the Tail on Eeyore. * Make Pooh, Tigger, and Piglet paper bag puppets. * Print Winnie the Pooh masks. * Bake owl cupcakes or make bee treats. * Download and use a free Pooh activity book. * Print a Pooh playset. * Play Poohsticks, if the rain let's up. * Color some Pooh pictures. * Have an indoor picnic. * Make honey treats, as found in this free downloadable idea book. Share|