Winnie-the-Pooh

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Christine's beloved Pooh bear holding a copy of the book, Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh has lived in the hearts of people of all ages since the 1920s. Here, Christine traces the life of the famous bear (and his friends) from his origins in the family of author A.A. Milne and his acquisition by the Disney Company, all the way to his current place of residence.

Host: Christine

Further Reading

“The Adventures of the REAL Winnie-the-Pooh”, New York Public Library. 

“Blair urged to bring home Winnie the Pooh,” BBC News, (4 February 1998).

Andrew Clark, “Disney wins Winnie the Pooh copyright case,” The Guardian, (30 September 2009).

Daniel Kreps, “‘Winnie the Pooh,’ Hemingway’s ‘The Sun Also Rises’ and 400,000 Sound Recordings Enter the Public Domain”, Rolling Stone, (1 January 2022).

“MediaTalk; Disney Buys the Rights to Winnie the Pooh”, New York Times, (5 March 2001).

A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner, (1928).

—, Now We are Six, (1927)

—, Winnie-the-Pooh, (1926).

—, When We Were Very Young, (1924). 

Christopher Milne, The Enchanted Places, Mandarin (1994) - originally Eyre Methuen, (1974).

C.A. Parker, “Shepard, Ernest Howard (1879-1976)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, (2011).

Shelly Smith, “Stuffed Animal Husbandry: Caring for Pooh and Friends”, New York Public Library blog, (March 20, 2014). 

Ann Thwaite, A.A. Milne: His Life, Tempus, (2006). 

--, “Milne, Alan Alexander (1882-1956)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, (2004).

"Walt Disney secures rights to Winnie the Pooh," The Guardian, (6 March 2001).

Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation. 

Winnie the Pooh & Pals Official Disney site. 

Images

See Photos of Piglet, Kanga, Winnie-the-Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger at the New York Public Library Digital Collections. 

​The bear who later became Winnie-the-Pooh as depicted with the poem 'Teddy Bear' in When We Were Very Young (1924).

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)

The bear who later became Winnie-the-Pooh as depicted with the poem 'Teddy Bear' in When We Were Very Young (1924)