Fun Facts about Pooh Bear and His Friends
January 18 is National Winnie the Pooh Day.
- Winnie the Pooh was a real bear.
- Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear and Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh introduces young readers to the story of Winnie, a bear cub adopted by Captain Henry Colebourn, who became the mascot of the Second Canadian Infantry Brigade during WWI
- Winnie was then given to the London Zoo, where a boy named Christopher visited the bear often accompanied by his father, A. A. Milne.
- The Hundred Acre Wood was inspired by a real place.
- Ever heard of Ashdown Forest? You might not have, but in The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest That Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood you'll learn all about the real-life inspiration behind the Hundred Acre Wood.
- The first Winnie the Pooh book was published in 1926
- It is titled Winnie-the-Pooh
- The second book was The House at Pooh Corner, published in 1928.
- You can visit the original Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed animal.
- Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga and Piglet are all there too at the New York Public Library., opens a new window
- Sadly you won't see Roo.
- He was lost in an apple orchard in the 1930s.
Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. - A. A. Milne
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