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<\/a>– Milne’s son was named\u00a0Christopher Robin Milne and on his first birthday, August 21, 1921, he received a stuffed bear purchased from Harrods as a gift. He named him “Edward.”<\/p>\n– Christopher Robin renamed the bear Winnie after a bear in the London Zoo of the same name in honor of the Winnipeg regiment of the Canadian Army. The “Pooh” portion of his name came from the name\u00a0of a swan in\u00a0When\u00a0<\/em>We Were Very Young<\/em>.<\/p>\n – Winnie the Pooh first appeared in print the\u00a0London Evening News<\/em>\u00a0 in a story called “The Wrong Sort of Bees” published on December 24, 1925.<\/p>\n –\u00a0Winnie-the-Pooh,<\/em> the book, was published in 1926, followed by\u00a0Now We Are Six<\/em>\u00a0in 1927, and\u00a0The House at Pooh Corner <\/em>in 1928.<\/p>\n – The hyphens were dropped in 1961 when Disney purchased the rights to the characters.<\/p>\n – The Hundred Acre Wood is quite similar to\u00a0the Ashdown Forest in southern England, which is close to where the Milne family lived.<\/p>\n – The original Pooh animals – Winnie, Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga, and Tigger – can be seen in New York Public Library, with the exception of the adorable Roo, who was lost around 1930 in an apple orchard. The stuff animals have been in the library since 1987 and thousands of young readers and their grownups visit the animals\u00a0each year\u00a0in their new quarters in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. They are displayed in the Children’s Area and absolutely worth a trip if you’re in New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n – Their location has been a source of controversy. In 1998,\u00a0a British Member of Parliament wanted them\u00a0returned to England, but they stayed in the U.S.<\/p>\n – If you’re in London, stop by the National Portrait Gallery where you can find this image of Milne,\u00a0Christopher Robin and the original Winnie the Pooh taken by\u00a0Howard Coster in 1926.<\/p>\n – Sterling Holloway voiced Winnie the Pooh in the Disney featurettes until 1977. Holloway also provided the voice of Sleepy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/em> as well as the Cheshire Cat<\/em> in Alice in Wonderland.<\/p>\n – The silly old bear has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n “So they went off together. But wherever they – The House at Pooh Corner<\/em><\/p>\n Sources: The New York Public Library<\/a>, The Express<\/a>, The Houston Chronicle<\/a><\/p>\n You May Also Like: <\/strong>Feel all the feels with the teaser trailer for Disney’s Christopher Robin<\/a><\/p>\n Prior Post:\u00a0<\/strong>Lin-Manuel Miranda reads Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s \u201cBeyond Vietnam\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Don\u2019t miss a post! Please subscribe to Between Us Parents\u2019 safe, spam-free email list in the box in the top right corner of the page!<\/p>\n Please like Between Us Parents on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0You can also find Between Us Parents on\u00a0Pinterest<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pin for Later:<\/p>\n![\"Map](\"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Map_of_the_Hundred_Acre_Wood.gif\")
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\nlittle boy and his Bear will always be playing.”<\/em><\/p>\n
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