Introducing.......... Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, who was the basis for the character Christopher Robin. His stuffed animal toys also lent their names to most of the other characters i.e. Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga and Roo. Milne's country home, Cotchford Farm in Ashdown Forest, Sussex, England is the area on which the 100-Acre-Wood was based

The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), and this was followed by The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne also included a poem about the bear in the children’s verse book When We Were Very Young (1924) and many more in Now We Are Six (1927). All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard.

The Pooh-books had also been favourites of Walt Disney's daughters and it inspired Disney to bring Pooh to film in 1966. In 1993, the Walt Disney Company acknowledged that Pooh Bear is second only to Mickey Mouse in their portfolio of the most-loved and trusted characters known to millions of people all over the world.

Winnie the Pooh is a small golden bear who wears an old red t-shirt. This bear is undoubtedly the world’s most loved and revered bear. He has little brains and does a lot of silly things and his love for honey (hunny) is endless. All over the world his birthday is celebrated with much fanfare on 14th October. He is best friends with every one in the 100 Acre Wood. Things he likes to do is to exercise in the morning, go on an adventure with Christopher Robin or Piglet, visiting friends who he thinks have ‘Hunny’ and looking for “Hunny to Fill the Rumblee in his Tumblee”.