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"You must always remember . . . You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
— Christopher Robin
"You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes."
— Piglet
"Happy may be all very well, Eeyore, but it doesn't butter any parsnips."
— Rabbit, in the 2009 sequel
"If anyone wants to clap, now is the time to do it." — Eeyore
Synopsis
The first collection of ten Pooh stories appeared in the book "Winnie-the-Pooh"; the Evening News Christmas story reappeared as the first chapter of the book, which was published in October 1926 by Methuen in England and by E.P. Dutton in the United States.
"Now We Are Six" is a book of thirty-five children's verses by A.A. Milne, with illustrations by E. H. Shepard; it was first published in 1927 and includes 11 short poems featuring Winnie-the-Pooh.
"The House At Pooh Corner" contains ten short stories, and introduced the Tigger character and the game of Poohsticks; it was published in 1928 by Methuen & Company.
An authorised sequel "Return To The Hundred Acre Wood" by author David Benedictus was published on 5 October 2009; the illustrations by Mark Burgess are in the style of Shepard. Another authorised sequel, "The Best Bear In All the World", was published by Egmont in 2016; the book consists of four short stories by leading children's authors Kate Saunders, Brian Sibley, Paul Bright, and Jeanne Willis; illustrations are by Mark Burgess; the book introduces the new character Penguin, which was inspired by a long-lost photograph of Milne and his son Christopher with a toy penguin.
The special story "Winnie-the-Pooh Meets The Queen" by Jane Riordan was published in November 2016 to mark the 90th anniversary of Milne's creation and the 90th birthday of Elizabeth II; in the tale, Pooh meets the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
'Winnie the Pooh' entry at Wikipedia
search DVDs on keywords 'winnie+the+pooh' {returns over 270 items} at Amazon
credits for character 'Winnie the Pooh' [since 1952] at Internet Movie Database
The Original Books
The 'Winnie-the-Pooh' character first appeared in a poem by A.A. Milne published in 1924; the original book of innie-the-Pooh stories was published in October 1926;
Milne published another book of poems in 1927, with several about Pooh; the fourth book of the Winnie-the-Pooh 'canon' was published in 1928; all four volumes
were illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. The total Winnie-the-Pooh ouevre is 12 short poems and 20 short stories.
"When We Were Very Young" [1924]
book of children's verse: 44 poems, only 'Teddy Bear' is about Pooh • entry at Wikipedia
"Winnie the Pooh" [1926]
10 stories • entry at Wikipedia
"Now We Are Six" [1927]
book of children's verse: 35 poems, 11 featuring Pooh • entry at Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/Now-We-Are-Six-Milne/dp/B000JCZ4AA/
 | parody "Now We Are Sixty" [1994] by Christopher Matthew, Decorations by David Eccles Several of Milne's Pooh poems are deftly and affectionately updated to express the concerns of an aging Christopher Robin John Murray Publrs 8x5½ pb [1999] for $25.29 John Murray Publrs 8x5½ hardcover [10/99] for $15.35 Viking Adult 8¼x5¼ hardcover [10/2001] for $26.90 sequel parody "Now We Are Sixty and A Bit" [2003] by Christopher Matthew, Decorations by David Eccles John Murray Publrs hardcover [9/2003] for $52.04 {sic} |
"The House At Pooh Corner" [1928]
10 stories • entry at Wikipedia
 | "The Winnie-the-Pooh Library: 12-Volume Slip-Cased Set" [1998] "The Original Pooh Treasury" consisting of "A House Is Built At Pooh Corner For Eeyore", "An Expotition To The North Pole", "Christopher Robin Gives Pooh A Party", "Eeyore Has A Birthday", "Kanga and Baby Roo Come To The Forest", "Piglet Is Entirely Surrounded By Water", "Piglet Meets A Heffalump", "Pooh Goes Visiting" and "Pooh and Piglet Nearly Catch A Woozle", "Pooh Invents A New Game", "Tigger Comes To The Forest and Has Breakfast", "Tiggers Don't Climb Trees", and "Winnie-The-Pooh and Some Bees" Dutton Children's Books 8¼x6½x4" wide slipcover hardcover set [2001] out of print/used Trustees of the Pooh Properties 8x6½x4¼" wide slipcover hardcover set [1998] out of print/used |
 | "Winnie-the-Pooh Complete Collection: 30 Books in a Box" [2014] The twelve poems and twenty stories of the canon are grouped into thirty small hardcover books. Egmont Books Ltd. UK hardcovers in a box [2014] via third party for $75.99 + s/h Egmont Books Ltd. UK 6x4½x10¾" wide hardcovers in a box [2014] imported/third parties |
authorized sequel "Return To The Hundred Acre Wood" [Oct 2009] by David Benedictus
10 new stories published with authorization & approval of the A.A. Milne estate; author Benedictus submitted two new stories in 1998, but it took ten years
for the trustees to regain sequel rights from Disney and ask for more new tales; with 'decorations' by Mark Burgess •
book entry at Wikipedia
 | An older Christopher Robin returns from boarding school to visit Pooh and Tigger and Piglet and Eeyore, as well as the new character Lottie the Otter Kindle Edition from Dutton/Penguin [10/2009] for $10.99 Egmont Books, UK 7¾x5 pb [9/2011] import/many used Dutton BFYR 8½x6 hardcover [10/2009] for $14.98 Egmont Books, UK 8½x6 hardcover [10/2009] import/60+ used |
 | "Winnie The Pooh Deluxe Gift Box" [ages 3 & up; 2009] four books by A.A. Milne, one by David Benedictus Kindle Edition from Dutton/Penguin [11/2009] for $54.99 {sic} Dutton BFYR 7¾x6x3½" wide hardcover [11/2009] out of print/used |
authorized sequel "The Best Bear In All the World" [grades 3-7; Oct 2016]
 | Published with authorization & approval of the A.A. Milne estate by Egmont in 2016; the book consists of four short stories by leading children's authors Kate Saunders, Brian Sibley, Paul Bright, and Jeanne Willis; illustrations are by Mark Burgess; introduces the new character Penguin, which was inspired by a long-lost photograph of Milne and his son Christopher with a toy penguin
Kindle Edition from Dutton BFYR/Penguin Group [10/2016] for $10.99 Egmont Books Ltd. 8¼x5½ pb [10/2017] for $11.29 Egmont Books Ltd. 8¼x5½ hardcover [10/2016] for $12.30 Dutton BFYR 8½x6 hardcover [10/2016] for $13.29 |
Principle Real-life Figures
 | British author A.A. Milne [1882-1956] Alan Alexander Milne was born in 1882 in Kilburn, London, England; after graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge he wrote for Punch Magazine. He served as an officer in the British Army from 1915 to 1919, sustaining injuries at Somme in France. Milne married Dorothy 'Daphne' de Sélincourt in 1913; their son Christopher Robin Milne was born in 1920. They bought a country home called Cotchford Farm in Hartfield, East Sussex in 1925, where Milne died in 1956 at age 74. entry at Wikipedia • A.A. Milne profile at Just-Pooh fansite 35 free online etexts of A.A. Milne works at Internet Archive browse A.A. Milne Books Store {returns over 240 titles} at Amazon search A.A. Milne Books Store for Kindle Editions {returns 12 titles} at Amazon A.A. Milne's Broadway credits {15 shows, 1918-32} at Internet Broadway Database |
http://www.amazon.com/Milne-Behind-Winnie---Pooh/dp/0394587243/
http://www.amazon.com/Which-Milnes-Life-Told-Biography/dp/1494771810/
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-World-Pooh-Winnie---Pooh/dp/0525458883/
 | "The Extraordinary Life of A.A. Milne" biography [2017] by Nadia Cohen Kindle Edition from Pen & Sword History [11/2017] for $23.97 {sic} Pen & Sword History 9¼x6 hardcover [1/2018] for $20.92 |
illustrator E.H. {Ernest Howard) Shepard, OBE MC [1879-1976]
short bio page at Classic Pooh fansite •
entry at Wikipedia
E.H. Shepard Archive {personal papers & illustrations} was donated to the University of Surrey in 1972.
 | "Drawn From Memory: The Autobiography of Ernest H. Shepard" [1957]
Methuen Publng Ltd. 8½x5½ pb [10/2000] out of print/used J.B. Lippincott 8½x6 hardcover [1957] out of print/used "Drawn From Life: The Autobiography of Ernest H. Shepard" [1961] Methuen Publng Ltd. 8½x5½ pb [10/2002] out of print/many used E.P. Dutton hardcover [1963] out of print/used combined autobiography of Ernest H. Shepard [1986] Methuen Publng Ltd. 8¼x6 pb [10/1986] out of print/used |
 | "The Work of E.H. Shepard" [1979] Edited By Knox Rawle Methuen Publng Ltd. 9½x7¾ hardcover [5/97] out of print/used Schocken Books 10x7¾ hardcover [9/80] out of print/used McClelland & Stewart 9¾x7½ hardcover [1979] out of print/used |
 | "The Story of E.H. Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh" [2001] by Arthur R. Chandler, Foreword by The Duke of Kent Shepard asked in his will that a biography not be published until 30 years after his death (1976); archivist Chandler gets around that by relating tales about various Pooh & non-Pooh drawings by Shepard; includes more than 150 examples of Shepard's work. Jaydem Books hardcover [6/2004] out of print/used Trafalgar Square 9½x6¾ hardcover [9/2001] out of print/many used |
 | "Shepard's War: E.H. Shepard, The Man Who Drew Winnie-the-Pooh" [2015] Compiled by James Campbell, Foreword by {granddaughter} Minette Shepard Kindle Edition from Michael O'Mara [10/2015] for $9.99 L.O.M. Art 11¼x9 hardcover [2016] out of print/used |
Christopher Robin Milne [1920-96]
Christopher was born in London, served in the British Army during World War II, and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge. He married his cousin Lesley in 1948 and
they opened a successful bookshop in Dartmouth, Devon; their daughter Clare [1956-2012] was diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy. Christopher died in 1996 at age 75.
entry at Wikipedia •
"The Enchanted Places" first of three autobiographical books [1974]
http://www.amazon.com/Enchanted-Places-Christopher-Milne/dp/1447269829/
http://www.amazon.com/Enchanted-Places-Christopher-Milne/dp/0771059159/
http://www.amazon.com/ENCHANTED-PLACES-Christopher-Winnie---Pooh/dp/B007IVGDSC/
http://www.amazon.com/Enchanted-Places-Memoir-Christopher-Winnie-/dp/B002JY6NTC/
http://www.amazon.com/Path-Through-Trees-Christopher-Milne/dp/1447269853/
http://www.amazon.com/Through-Trees-Milne-Christopher-Paperback/dp/B011MDWZ1A/
http://www.amazon.com/Through-Trees-Sequel-Enchanted-Places/dp/0771060491/
"Goodbye Christopher Robin" [Fox Searchlight Sept 2017]
 | The boy Christopher visits the zoo and plays with his animal toys and his father writes a children's book that is tremendously popular and the family reels from the new wealth & attention . . . • Co-produced & co-written by Simon Vaughan; directed by Simon Curtis; co-written by Frank Cottrell Boyce; starring Will Tilston & Alex Lawther {as Chris-topher Robin}, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Stephen Campbell Moore, Geraldine Somerville, Nico Mirallegro, Simon Williams, Angela 'Honey' Holmes, Richard McCabe, Shaun Dingwall, Richard Dixon, Vicki Pepperdine, Robert Portal, Jason Matthewson, Victoria Bavister, Harper Gray, Christopher McMullen, Jamie Body, Sean Moon, Tommy Rodger, Ashley Hudson, Jonathan Cassell, Gemma Wilks, Callum Forman, Nick Blakeley, Gintare Beinoraviciute
Fox color Blu-ray [1/2018] 2 disks for $15.99 Fox color HD DVD [1/2018] for $11.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers online at YouTube: 6/2017 trailer #1 [1:42] • 8/2017 trailer #2 [2:51] |
 | "Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and The Making of Winnie-the-Pooh" [2017] by Ann Thwaite, Preface by Frank Cottrell-Boyce Abridgement drawn from Ann Thwaite’s biography of A.A. Milne, which won the 1990 Whitbread Award Kindle Edition from St. Martin's/Macmillan [10/2017] for $9.99 St. Martin's Griffin movie tie-in 7¾x5 pb [10/2017] for $9.34 |
"Christopher Robin" short film [indep June 2017]
 | Christopher Robin, the young boy from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, is struggling in his adult life and his sense of imagination is lost; Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood re-enter Christopher's life to restore his happiness • Written & directed by Fred T.; music by Bryan Bell; starring Bradley Kelm, Carl Bailey, Autumn Brittain, Abby Joy, Chantal Ollivierre DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • |
"Christopher Robin" [Walt Disney Pictures August 2018] 
 | Pooh finds that all his friends are missing from the wood, so he sets out to ask adult Christopher Robin for help in finding them • Directed by Marc Forster; written by Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, Allison Schroeder, Greg Brooker & Mark Steven Johnson; based on characters created by A.A. Milne & Ernest H. Shepard; starring Ewan McGregor, Orton O'Brien, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss, Oliver Ford Davies, Ronke Adekoluejo, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ken Nwosu, John Dagleish, Amanda Lawrence, Katy Carmichael, Tristan Sturrock, Paul Chahidi, Jasmine-Simone Charles, Matt Gavan, Gareth Mason, Summer Brooks, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Zain Falzon, Rainy Milo, Michael Jenn, Souad Faress, Alan Clark, Chris Pratt, Harriet Leitch, Vera Chok, Claire Redcliffe, Elsa Minell Solak, Matt Berry, Simon Farnaby, Matthew Earley, Vivien Bridson, Mackenzie Crook, Narinder Samra, Oliver Payne, David Hartley, Clara McGregor, Raj Ghatak, Gintare Beinoraviciute, Caroline Garnell, Chloé Swan, with voice actors: Jim Cummings {as Pooh & Tigger}, Brad Garrett {as Eeyore}, Nick Mohammed {as Piglet}, Sophie Okonedo {as Kanga}, Sara Sheen {as Roo}, Peter Capaldi {as Rabbit}, Toby Jones {as Owl}
Walt Disney Studios Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [11/2018] for $22.99 Walt Disney Studios Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [11/2018] for $19.96 full credits at IMDb • official movie website • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers online at YouTube: 5/2018 trailer [2.28] • 7/2018 extended trailer [4:18] "Christopher Robin: The Novelization" [2018] by Elizabeth Rudnick Kindle Edition from Disney Press [7/2018] for $6.99 Disney Press 7x5½ pb [7/2018] for $7.64 |
Edward Bear, aka Winnie, The Toy Bear
Milne's first toy bear poem appeared in 1924; the book "Winnie-the-Pooh" [1926] explained that young Chistopher Milne had changed the toy bear's name
after a visit to live bear Winnie at the London Zoo. The original Pooh gang stuffed animals were donated to the New York Public Library in 1987.
 | "The Life and Times of The Real Winnie-the-Pooh: The Teddy Bear Who Inspired A.A. Milne" [2011] by Shirley Harrison Kindle Edition from Remember When [7/2012] for $9.49 Kindle Edition from Pelican Publng [7/2015] for $20.11 {sic} Pelican Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2011] for $21.17 Remember When 9¼x6 hardcover [7/2011] out of print/used |
Winnie, The Live Bear [1914-34]
A young veterinarian named Harry Colebourn enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1914; on his way to the training camp, he saw a black bear cub for sale at the White River, Ontario train station; he purchased the cub for $20 and named her 'Winnie' for his home town of Winnipeg. The Fort Garry Horse Brigade soon adopted the bear as mascot, and smuggled the animal to their next posting, in England. When orders arrived for a move to the frontlines in France, Lt. Colebourn arranged for the bear to be cared for by the London Zoo. The bear became very popular with the public, so Colebourn left the bear at the zoo when the war ended. Young Christopher Robin was also a fan of the bear, and renamed Edward Bear, his scruffy teddy bear, in honor of Winnie. The rest, as they say is history. Winnie lived a long and happy life at the London Zoo until she died in 1934.
bear entry at Wikipedia •
bear bio at Fort Garry Horse website
multimedia 100th anniversary at Ryerson University
Township of White River, Ontario, Canada [est. 1885] official website
there is a Disney-style statue at city park honoring Winnie the Pooh
White River celebrates Winnie's Hometown Festival [2015 = #29] during the third week of August
 | "The Real Winnie: A One-of-A-Kind Bear" [2005] by Val Shushkewich Kindle Edition from Natural Heritage [12/2012] for $7.99 Natural Heritage 8x8 pb [9/2005] for $11.65 |
 | "Winnie The Bear: The True Story Behind A.A. Milne's Famous Bear" [2014] by M.A. Appleby, Illustrated by P.R. Hayes Kindle Edition from Dominion Street Publng [11/2014] for $9.99 CreateSpace 8½x8½ pb [5/2014] for $28.95 |
 | "Winnie: The True Story of The Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh" [2015] by Sally M. Walker, Illustrated by Jonathan D. Voss Henry Holt & Co. BFYR 10¼x8¼ hardcover [1/2015] for $13.62 |
 | "Finding Winnie: The True Story of The World's Most Famous Bear" [ages 3-6; 2015] by Lindsay Mattick, Illustrated by Sophie Blackall won the 2016 Randolph Caldecott Medal for Blackall's splendid artwork Kindle Edition from Little, Brown/Hachette [10/2015] for $9.99 Little, Brown BFYR 10½x10½ hardcover [10/2015] for $9.45 |
 | "Winnie's Great War: A Novel Based On The True Story of The World's Most Famous Bear" [ages 8-11; 2018] by Lindsay Mattick & Josh Greenhut, Art by Sophie Blackall Kindle Edition from Little, Brown/Hachette [9/2018] for $9.99 Hodder Children's Books 7¾x6½ pb [9/2018] for $10.86 Little, Brown BFYR 8½x6¾ hardcover [9/2018] for $11.70 |
"A Bear Named Winnie" [CBC-TV Dec 2004]
 | The tale of the orphaned Canadian black bear cub, fleshed out for family television. Co-written & co-produced by Simon Vaughan; co-written & directed by John Kent Harrison; co-written by John Goldsmith; starring Michael Fassbender {as Lt. Colebourn}, Gil Bellows, David Suchet, Stephen Fry, Jonathon Young, Aaron Ashmore, Ted Atherton, Robert Gauvin, Joshua J. Ballard, Miriam Smith, Arne MacPherson, Nathan Valente, Stan Lesk, Chris Sigurdson, Carson Nattrass, Jon Ted Wynne, Robert Huculak, Mark Burgess, Samson Weiss Willis, Glen Thompson, Michal Grajewski, Emma Campbell, Chrislyn Austin, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Dave Leader, Larry Martineau & Geordie Cheeseman – with Charlie & Chester as young Winnie, and Bonkers as the adult bear; won 2 Directors Guild of Canada Awards, won Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival
Monarch Home Video color DVD [11/2005] for $9.99 (unknown) color DVD [undated] for $18.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • watch French-language official trailer [1:06] online at YouTube watch 7/2011 full movie [1:29:50] online at YouTube |
Movies, Stageplays, Other Media
search on character 'Winnie the Pooh' {returns 60+ items} at Internet Movie Database
search DVDs on keywords 'winnie+the+pooh' (returns over 270 items} at Amazon
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"Winnie-the-Pooh" TV series [BBC-TV Jan-March 1952]
 | Six 15-minute b&w episodes, with titles: "In Which A House Is Built At Pooh Corner For Eeyore"; "Tigger Comes To The Forest and Has Breakfast"; "Piglet Meets A Heffalump"; "In Which Eeyore Loses A Tail and Pooh Finds One"; "In Which Rabbit Has A Busy Day"; and "In Which Eeyore Has A Birthday" Hosted by Pamela Brown; narrated by Deryck Guyler; featuring The Commedia Puppets and voices of Cameron Hall, Dorothy Gordon, Anthony Woodruff, Kenneth Connor, David Jacobs & Barbara Trevor VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb |
"Winnie-the-Pooh" [NBC-TV Oct 1960]
episode of "Shirley Temple's Storybook" [1959-61]
 | hour-long color episode featuring the Bil & Cora Baird Marionettes
Directed by Burt Shevelove; teleplay by A.J. Russell; hosted by & starring Shirley Temple; featuring puppetmasters Bil & Cora Baird, Ted Eccles {as Christopher Robin}, and voices of Faz Fazakas, Fania Sullivan, Bil Baird, Cora Baird, Frank Sullivan & Carl Harms Genius Ent. double-feature color DVD [3/2006] for $4.84 with "Babes In Toyland" Legend Films color DVD set [6/2008] 11 stories on 6 disks for $19.94 Legend Films Storybook Collection color DVD set [11/2006] for $63.94 episode credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia |
"Jackanory" TV series [BBC-TV 1967-71] /tt0177448/
16 episodes credited to A.A. Milne
"Winnie Pooh" aka "Vinni-Pukh" [Soyuzmultfilm 1969]
11-minute Russian-language animated film; co-written & directed by Fyodor Khitruk; co-written by Boris Zakhoder;
narrated by Vladimir Osenev; voices of Evgeniy Leonov & Iya Savvina • credits at IMDb
watch cartoon with English subtitles [9:59] online at YouTube
 | "Vinni-Pukh i Pchyoly (Winnie-Pooh and The Bees)" [2008] by A. A. Milne, Russian Translation by Boris Zakhoder A.S.T.M. Russian-language hardcover [2008] out of print/used |
"Winnie-Pooh Goes Visiting" [Soyuzmultfilm 1971]
Russian title "Vinni-Pukh Idyot v Gosti"; 10-minute Russian-language animated film; co-written & directed by Fyodor Khitruk; co-written by Boris Zakhoder;
narrated by Vladimir Osenev; voices of Evgeniy Leonov, Iya Savvina & Anatoliy Shchukin •
credits at IMDb
watch cartoon with English subtitles [9:56] online at YouTube
"Winnie-Pooh and A Busy Day" (1972)
Russian title "Vinni-Pukh i den Zabot"; 21-minute Russian-language animated film; co-written & co-directed by Fyodor Khitruk; co-directed by Gennadiy Sokolskiy;
co-written by Boris Zakhoder; narrated by Vladimir Osenev; voices of Evgeniy Leonov, Iya Savvina, Erast Garin & Zinaida Naryshkina •
credits at IMDb
watch cartoon [20:17] online at YouTube
Both of these online videos are Russian-language only, with no subtitles.
Long version one includes honey tree, visiting [at 10:21], and busy day [at 20:19]
watch full movie one [39:42] online at YouTube
Long version two includes honey tree, visiting [at 10:36], busy day [at 21:06], non-Pooh circus [at 41:28], non-Pooh 'Toptyzhka' [at 1:02]
watch full movie two [1:11:21] online at YouTube
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"Soyuzmultfilm Cartoon Collection on Blu-ray" [Soviet Union 1965-1972] five Russian-language short films totalling 74 minutes: "Toptyzhka" [1964]; "Boniface's Vocation (Kanikuly Bonifacija" [1965]; "Winnie Pooh (Vinni-Pukh)" [1969]; "Winnie Pooh Goes Visiting (Vinni-Pukh Idyot v Gosti)" [1971]; "Winnie Pooh and A Busy Day (Vinni-Pukh i den Zabot" [1972] Lizard Russian-language Blu-ray [undated] import / SOLD OUT |
"Winnie The Pooh: School Bus Safety Adventure" public service short [Disney Educational 1980s]
costumed characters from the Disney TV series take Christopher Robin's forgotten lunch to him by riding the school bus
watch short film [13:24] online at YouTube
"Winnie The Pooh" TV special [B.B.C. America 1990]
 | 57-minute color TV show with four animated segments entitled "Rabbit Concocts A Plan To Kidnap Roo", "Pooh Invents An Exciting New Game", "Rabbit Has A Busy Day", amd "Christopher Robin and Pooh Make A Discovery" Directed by Michael Kerrigan; hosted by William Rushton B.B.C. Warner b&w VHS [7/2000] for $22.99 full credits at IMDb |
"Winnie The Pooh: The Movie" spoof trailer [2009]
trailer cobbled from clips from "The Wicker Man" [2006] offering "Winnie the Pooh" live action movie coming in Summer 2009
watch 9/2008 spoof trailer [1:37] online at YouTube
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"Disney On Parade" live stage show [circa 1970]
1971 show in Adelaide, South Australia was filmed and then broadcast on "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" as "Disney on Parade" TV episode [Dec 1971]
Directed by Stan Harris; narrated by Dick Wesson; starring Joe A. Giamalva {as Mowgli}; and the voices of Hal Smith {as Winnie the Pooh}, Hans Conried,
Scatman Crothers, June Foray, Clarence Nash, Thurl Ravenscroft & Michael Rye • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available •
episode credits at IMDb
"Winnie The Pooh In The Hundred Acre Wood" video game [1984] /tt3708144/
"Animated StoryBook: Winnie The Pooh and The Honey Tree" video game [1995] /tt5519620/
"Ready For Math With Pooh" video game [1997] /tt0222287/
A Ton of Other Pooh Books
 | "Winnie Ille Pu: A Latin Version of A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh" [1960] Translated by Alexander Lenard [1910-72] the only Latin book ever to become a NY Times bestseller - it remained on the list for 20 weeks Ishi Press 8x5¼ pb [7/2015] for $19.30 Penguin Books 7¾x5 pb [6/91] for $10.62 Dutton Adult hardcover [9/84] out of print/many used Dutton Adult hardcover [9/84] out of print/used |
 | "The Pooh Perplex: A Freshman Casebook" [1963] by Frederick C. Crews In Which It Is Discovered That The True Meaning of The Pooh Stories Is Not As Simple As Is Usually Believed, But For Proper Elucidation Requires The Combined Efforts of Several Academicians of Varying Critical Perspectives If there is such a thing as scholarly satire, this book qualifies Univ Chicago Press 9x5¼ pb [2/2003] for $11.59 E.P. Dutton 7x5 pb [3/65] out of print/40+ used E.P. Dutton 8x5½ hardcover [1963] out of print/50+ used E.P. Dutton hardcover [1963] out of print/used |
 | "The Tao of Pooh" [1982] by Benjamin Hoff Penguin Books 7¼x5 pb [7/83] for $9.55 Amazon bestseller Penguin Books 6¾x5 pb [4/82] out of print/used Dutton 7½x5½ hardcover [4/82] for $13.48 |
 | "The Pooh Sketchbook" [1982] Drawings by Ernest H. Shepard for the Pooh series by A.A. Milne E.P. Dutton 9½x6¼ hardcover [3/84] out of print/many used Methuen Publng Ltd. 9x6¼ hardcover [10/82] out of print/used |
 | "The Te of Piglet" [1992] by Benjamin Hoff The word 'te' is Chinese for 'the virtue of the small' Penguin Books 7¼x5 pb [11/93] for $11.52 Penguin Books 7¼x5 pb [1993] out of print/many used Penguin Books 7¼x5¼ pb [9/92] out of print/used Dutton 7½x5½ hardcover [9/92] out of print/hundreds used |
 | "Pooh and The Philosophers: In Which It Is Shown That All of Western Philosophy Is Merely A Preamble To Winnie-The-Pooh" [1996] by John Tyerman Williams, with Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard author compares Milne's thought with philosophers that include Aristotle, Camus, Descartes, Heidegger, Kant, Locke, Plato, Bertrand Russell, and Sartre Methuen Publng Ltd. 6¼x5 pb [4/97] out of print/used Dutton Books 7½x5½ hardcover [8/1996] out of print/100+ used |
 | "Pooh and The Millenium" [1997] by John Tyerman Williams In Which The Bear of Very Little Brain Explores The Ancient Mysteries At The Turn of The Century Dutton 7¼x5½ hardcover [1997] out of print/used |
 | "Pooh and The Psychologists: In Which It Is Proven That Pooh Bear Is A Brilliant Psychotherapist" [2001] by John Tyerman Williams, Illustrations by E.H. Shepard
Egmont Books, Ltd. UK 9x8¼ pb [6/2002] out of print/used Dutton BFYR hardcover [4/2001] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Postmodern Pooh" [2001] by Frederick C. Crews If there is such a thing as scholarly satire, this book qualifies. Kindle Edition from North Point Press [4/2011] for $7.99 Northwestern Univ Press 8x5 pb [8/2006] for $17.08 Northwestern Univ Press 8x5 pb [1/2003] out of print/many used North Point Press 8¼x5½ pb [10/2001] out of print/used Northwestern Univ Press pb [2006] out of print/used North Point Press 8¾x6 hardcover [10/2001] out of print/used |
 | "Three Cheers For Pooh: The Best Bear In All The World" [2001] by Brian Sibly includes photographs, original manuscript pages, and many of E.H. Shepard's sketches & illustrations Egmont Books Ltd. UK 9½x9½ pb [2006] out of print/used Dutton BFYR 9¾x9¾ hardcover [10/2001] out of print/40+ used Dutton BFYR hardcover [10/2001] out of print/used Methuen Publng Ltd. German-language 9¾x9½ hardcover [9/2003] out of print/used |
 | "The Positively Pooh Collection 6-Book Box Set" [2007] individual books have titles "A Book For Bothersome Days", "A Book For Students of All Ages", "A Coffee Companion For Any Time of Day", "A Book For Expotitions and New Adventures", "A Book For Your Inner Bear", and "A Book of Happy Thoughts" Egmont Books Ltd. UK hardcover [2007] out of print/sold out |
 | "Positively Pooh: Timeless Wisdom From Pooh" [ages 8-12; 2008] Dutton BFYR hardcover [3/2008] for $15.64 |
 | "Winnie-the-Pooh On Management: In Which A Very Important Bear and His Friends Are Introduced To A Very Important Subject" [1992] by Roger E. Allen
Penguin Books 7x5 pb [5/2011] for $11.93 Dutton Adult 7½x5½ hardcover [11/94] out of print/100+ used |
 | "The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through The Forest That Inspired The Hundred Acre Wood" [2015] by Kathryn Aalto
Kindle Edition from Timber Press [11/2015] for $17.67 Timber Press 9x6¾ hardcover [9/2015] for $18.60 |
 | "Winnie-the-Pooh Meets The Queen" [2016] by Jane Riordan This special story was published in November 2016 to mark the 90th anniversary of Milne's creation and the 90th birthday of Elizabeth II; in the tale, Pooh meets the Queen at Buckingham Palace Egmont Books Ltd. 6x6 hardcover [11/2016] for $9.40 book entry at Wikipedia • available as free online .PDF file at Disney Online |
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 | "Oh, Bother: Winnie-the-Pooh Is Befuddled, Too - A Smackerel-Sized Parody of Modern Life" [2024] by Jennie Egerdie, Illustrated by Ellie Hajdu A heartwarming, laugh-out-loud parody that takes us along for some marvelous misadventures as the inhabitants of the 100-Acre Wood grapple with modern life’s headaches and pesky predicaments Kindle Edition from Running Press Adult [5/2024] for $11.99 Running Press Adult 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2024] for $12.72 |
The Disney Animated Films Franchise
search on character 'Winnie the Pooh' {returns 60 items} at Internet Movie Database
search DVDs on keywords 'winnie+the+pooh' (returns over 270 items} at Amazon
"Winnie the Pooh and The Honey Tree" [Disney/Buena Vista Feb 1966] /tt0061199/
Played by Sterling Holloway
"Winnie The Pooh and The Blustery Day" [Disney/Buena Vista Dec 1968] /tt0063819/
Played by Sterling Holloway - won Oscar for Best Cartoon Short
"Winnie The Pooh and Tigger Too" [1974] /tt0072410/ Played by Sterling Holloway
"The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" [1977] /tt0076363/ Played by Sterling Holloway
"Winnie The Pooh Discovers The Seasons" [1981] /tt1234259/ Played by Hal Smith
"Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" [1983] /tt0170811/ Played by Hal Smith
"Welcome To Pooh Corner" TV series [Disney Channel April 1983 to May 1986]
 | The half-hour show was hosted by a middle-aged gentleman narrating and-or reading from a book; the live actors performed in front of blue/green-screens wearing character costumes (except Baby Roo was a puppet) to perform the story, with voice-overs of actors added later; the first 20 minutes or so of each show was the main story, then a music video (nine songs in rotation), then a crafts/hobby segment described by one of the costumed characters; shows aired from the launch of Disney Channel in 1983 to May 1986, then continued in reruns until 1997; there were a total of 120 episodes and five holiday specials • Hosted by British Laurie Main (by actor Jean Rochefort in France); voices of Ron Gans {as Eeyore}, Diana Hale {as Kanga}, Phil Baron {as Piglet}, Hal Smith {as Pooh & Owl}, Will Ryan {as Rabbit & Tigger}, and Kim Christianson {as Roo}
series credits at IMDb • watch opening credits of TV show [1:46] online at YouTube |
 | each of these USA-released tapes contains 111-112 minutes, with four main stories and one or two shorter segments
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The five 'Welcome To Pooh Corner' special holiday programs were not released on VHS, nor are there entries on IMDb; the shows were named
"Pooh Corner Thanksgiving" [1983], "Christmas At Pooh Corner" [1983], "Pooh's Funny Valentine's Day" [1984], "Because It's Halloween" [1984],
and "Christmas Is For Sharing" [1984]
"Too Smart For Strangers" musical featurette [June 1985] /tt2823218/
"The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh" ˝-hour TV series [Disney Channel 1988-91] /tt0165052/
"Winnie The Pooh & Christmas Too" short [Dec 1991] /tt0220159/
"Boo To You Too! Winnie The Pooh" short [Oct 1996] /tt0163558/
"Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin" [1997] /tt0119918/
"Winnie The Pooh: Seasons of Giving" video [Nov 1999] /tt0240219
contains three seasonal shorts reworked from prior TV shows: "A Winnie The Pooh Thanksgiving", "Groungpiglet Day", and "Find Her, Keep Her"
http://www.amazon.com/Winnie-Pooh-Seasons-Gregg-Berger/dp/B0000C52I4/
"The Tigger Movie" [2000] /tt0220099/
"The Book of Pooh" 36-episode ˝-hour puppet TV series [2001-2003] /tt0274240/
"The Book of Pooh: Stories From The Heart" video (2001) /tt3068426
76-minute video edited from six episodes of the puppet TV series
http://www.amazon.com/Book-Pooh-Stories-Heart/dp/B00005A1RF/
"Winnie The Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year" [Nov 2002] /tt0324572/
"Piglet's Big Movie" [2003] /tt0323642/
"Winnie The Pooh: Springtime With Roo" video [March 2004] /tt0384696/
"Pooh's Heffalump Movie" [2005] /tt0407121/
"Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie" video [Sept 2005] /tt0457437/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007Z9R6G
"Micimackó" [Hungary TV Oct 2005]
 | 26-minute TV show; appears to be a Hungarian TV promo for Disney's "Winnie The Pooh" with the listed actors performing Hungarian-language voice-overs {might also be a skeleton listing for half-hour TV series} • Co-written & directed by Róbert Alföldi; co-written by Róbert Vörös; starring Róbert Alföldi {as narrator & Christopher Robin}, Ferenc Kállai {as Winnie the Pooh}, Mari Töröcsik, Iván Darvas, Dezsö Garas, Géza Tordy, Gyula Bodrogi, Nóra Tábori & Erzsi Máthé
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • bare credits at IMDb |
"My Friends Tigger & Pooh" TV series [Disney Channel 2007-2010] /tt0805905/
half-hour color animated TV series of three seasons: 26 and 19 and 18 episodes for a total of 63
"My Friends Tigger and Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie" TV Movie [2007] /tt1141984/
"Tigger & Pooh and A Musical Too" video [2009] /tt1415904/
"Super Duper Super Sleuths" video [2010] /tt1840947/
"Winnie The Pooh" [July 2011] /tt1449283/
"Tales of Friendship With Winnie The Pooh" TV series
[Boomerang/Maga/Disney Channel 2012] /tt2409738/
eighteen 5-minute color episodes of a man reading a Pooh story or excerpt
"Goodbye Christopher Robin" [Fox Searchlight Sept 2017]
 | Alan Milne has trouble coping after the War; he and his bride move to a farm in rustic East Sussex, and Alan attempts writing stageplays; after son Christopher learns to read, Alan gets the idea to write children's stories . . . • Co-produced & co-written by Simon Vaughan; directed by Simon Curtis; co-written by Frank Cottrell Boyce; starring Will Tilston & Alex Lawther {as Chris-topher Robin}, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Stephen Campbell Moore, Geraldine Somerville, Nico Mirallegro, Simon Williams, Angela 'Honey' Holmes, Richard McCabe, Shaun Dingwall, Richard Dixon, Vicki Pepperdine, Robert Portal, Jason Matthewson, Victoria Bavister, Harper Gray, Christopher McMullen, Jamie Body, Sean Moon, Tommy Rodger, Ashley Hudson, Jonathan Cassell, Gemma Wilks, Callum Forman, Nick Blakeley, Gintare Beinoraviciute
Fox color Blu-ray [1/2018] 2 disks for $15.99 Fox color HD DVD [1/2018] for $11.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers online at YouTube: 6/2017 trailer #1 [1:42] • 8/2017 trailer #2 [2:51] |
"Christopher Robin" [Walt Disney Pictures August 2018]
| | Announced 4/2015: Disney Studios hired independent filmmaker Alex Ross Perry to write a live-action film based on 'Winnie the Pooh', the producer is Brigham Taylor; added 11/2016: Marc Forster came on board to direct; added 2/2017: writer-director Tom McCarthy is re-writing the film • Pooh finds that all his friends are missing from the wood, so he sets out to ask adult Christopher Robin for help in finding them • Directed by Marc Forster; written by Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, Allison Schroeder, Greg Brooker & Mark Steven Johnson; based on characters created by A.A. Milne & Ernest H. Shepard; starring Ewan McGregor, Orton O'Brien, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss, Oliver Ford Davies, Ronke Adekoluejo, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ken Nwosu, John Dagleish, Amanda Lawrence, Katy Carmichael, Tristan Sturrock, Jasmine-Simone Charles, Paul Chahidi, Matt Gavan, Gareth Mason, Summer Brooks, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Zain Falzon, Rainy Milo, Michael Jenn, Souad Faress, Alan Clark, Chris Pratt, Harriet Leitch, Vera Chok, Claire Redcliffe, Elsa Minell Solak, Matt Berry, Simon Farnaby, Matthew Earley, Vivien Bridson, Mackenzie Crook, Narinder Samra, Oliver Payne, David Hartley, Clara McGregor, Raj Ghatak, Gintare Beinoraviciute, Caroline Garnell, Chloé Swan, with voice actors: Jim Cummings {as Pooh & Tigger}, Brad Garrett {as Eeyore}, Nick Mohammed {as Piglet}, Sophie Okonedo {as Kanga}, Sara Sheen {as Roo}, Peter Capaldi {as Rabbit}, Toby Jones {as Owl}
Walt Disney Studios Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [11/2018] for $22.99 Walt Disney Studios Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [11/2018] for $19.96 full credits at IMDb • official movie website • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers online at YouTube: 5/2018 trailer [2.28] • 7/2018 extended trailer [4:18] "Christopher Robin: The Novelization" [2018] by Elizabeth Rudnick Kindle Edition from Disney Press [7/2018] for $6.99 Disney Press 7x5½ pb [7/2018] for $7.64 |
Principal Characters
Christopher Robin, a human boy
Winnie the Pooh, a teddy bear
Piglet, a soft toy
Eeyore, a depressed donkey soft toy
Owl, a live bird living in a tree
Rabbit, a live animal living in a burrow
Tigger, an aggressive soft toy
Kanga and baby Roo, live animals
The Woozle
The Heffalump (elephant)
Alice, a human girl
new book character Lottie the Otter (2009)
new character Gopher, added by Disney
new book character Penguin (2016)
adult Christopher Robin
his wife Evelyn Robin
his daughter Madeline Robin
Image Gallery
L i n k s
'Winnie the Pooh' entry at Wikipedia
search DVDs on keywords 'winnie+the+pooh' {returns over 270 items} at Amazon
credits for character 'Winnie the Pooh' [since 1952] at Internet Movie Database
!['Winniepedia' website [est. 2013?]](images/winniepedia.jpg)
'Classic Pooh Bear & Friends' fansite
James Milne's {no relation} 'Page at Pooh Corner' fansite {last update 2007?}
here on the "Winnie The Pooh" Books & Movies Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
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