Sonderbooks Book Review of Pooh and the Philosophers. Sonderbooks.com (20 April 2004). Retrieved 12 February 2011. Main article: Censorship of Winnie-the-Pooh in China Meme comparing Eeyore and Winnie the Pooh to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Xi Jinping, respectively.

C.S. Lewis and His Circle: Essays and Memoirs from the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society. Oxford University Press. 2015. p.249. a b c d e "Winnie-the-Pooh goes to Harrods in new authorised AA Milne prequel". The Guardian . Retrieved 23 April 2023. The story of how Winnie-the-Pooh went from a Harrods toy shelf to the home of Christopher Robin and the Hundred Acre Wood is set to be told for the first time, in an official prequel to AA Milne's original stories.An authorised sequel Return to the Hundred Acre Wood was published on 5 October 2009. The author, David Benedictus, has developed, but not changed, Milne's characterisations. The illustrations, by Mark Burgess, are in the style of Shepard. [34] Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, London, where in 1921 Milne bought the stuffed toy for his son that would inspire the character. Pooh visits Harrods in a 2021 authorised prequel, Winnie-the-Pooh: Once There Was a Bear. House at Pooh Corner by Loggins and Messina Songfacts". Songfacts.com. 14 October 1926 . Retrieved 9 March 2015. Pooh is also a talented poet and the stories are frequently punctuated by his poems and "hums". Although he is humble about his slow-wittedness, he is comfortable with his creative gifts. When Owl's house blows down in a windstorm, trapping Pooh, Piglet and Owl inside, Pooh encourages Piglet (the only one small enough to do so) to escape and rescue them all by promising that "a respectful Pooh song" will be written about Piglet's feat. Later, Pooh muses about the creative process as he composes the song. Klein, Christopher. "The True Story of the Real-Life Winnie-the-Pooh". HISTORY . Retrieved 20 December 2022. a b Flood, Alison (4 September 2017). "The real Winnie-the-Pooh revealed to have been 'Growler' ". The Guardian.

The original drawing of Pooh was based not on Christopher Robin's bear, but on Growler, the teddy bear belonging to Shepard's son Graham, according to James Campbell, husband of Shepard's great-granddaughter. When Campbell took over Shepard's estate in 2010, he discovered many drawings and unpublished writings, including early drawings of Pooh, that had not been seen in decades. Campbell said, "Both he and A. A. Milne realised that Christopher Robin's bear was too gruff-looking, not very cuddly, so they decided they would have to have a different bear for the illustrations." [32] Campbell said Shepard sent Milne a drawing of his son's bear and that Milne "said it was perfect". Campbell also said Shepard's drawings of Christopher Robin were based partly on his own son. [32] Character Pooh listening to Christopher Robin, Winnie-the-Pooh (1926). Illustration by E. H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, a horror adaptation depicting both Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet as homicidal maniacs who go on a killing spree after Christopher Robin abandons them. [72] Ryan Reynolds uses Winnie the Pooh in mobile ad as character joins public domain". The Independent. 4 January 2022 . Retrieved 25 May 2023. Alexander, Cristina (7 June 2023). "Winnie the Pooh Is Now the Subject of a Bizarre Indie Horror Game". IGN . Retrieved 3 October 2023. Yuzuru Hanyu interview from CBC Sports, archived from the original on 29 October 2021 , retrieved 21 March 2021

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In 1960, HMV recorded a dramatised version with songs (music by Harold Fraser-Simson) of two episodes from The House at Pooh Corner (Chapters 2 and 8), starring Ian Carmichael as Pooh, Denise Bryer as Christopher Robin (who also narrated), Hugh Lloyd as Tigger, Penny Morrell as Piglet, and Terry Norris as Eeyore. This was released on a 45rpm EP. [65]

After Slesinger's death in 1953, his wife, Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, continued developing the character herself. In 1961, she licensed rights to Walt Disney Productions in exchange for royalties in the first of two agreements between Stephen Slesinger, Inc., and Disney. [44] The same year, A. A. Milne's widow, Daphne Milne, also licensed certain rights, including motion picture rights, to Disney. Petski, Denise (29 April 2022). "John Stamos To Voice Iron Man In 'Spidey and His Amazing Friends' Season 2; New Disney Jr. Programming Slate Unveiled". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 11 June 2023. In 1991, Stephen Slesinger, Inc., filed a lawsuit against Disney which alleged that Disney had breached their 1983 agreement by again failing to accurately report revenue from Winnie the Pooh sales. Under this agreement, Disney was to retain approximately 98% of gross worldwide revenues while the remaining 2% was to be paid to Slesinger. In addition, the suit alleged that Disney had failed to pay required royalties on all commercial exploitation of the product name. [51] Though the Disney corporation was sanctioned by a judge for destroying forty boxes of evidentiary documents, [52] the suit was later terminated by another judge when it was discovered that Slesinger's investigator had rummaged through Disney's garbage to retrieve the discarded evidence. [53] Slesinger appealed the termination and, on 26 September 2007, a three-judge panel upheld the lawsuit dismissal. [54] Filipinos troll Xi Jinping, Duterte ahead of Chinese President's Manila arrival - Coconuts". coconuts.co . Retrieved 10 December 2021.About the E. H. Shepard archive". Surrey.ac.uk. University of Surrey. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012 . Retrieved 1 May 2012.