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