The Book of Pooh

**The Book of Pooh** is an American children's television series created by Mitchell Kriegman. The series aired on Playhouse Disney from January 22, 2001 to November 19, 2004.

## Plot

The series appears to take place some time after the events of Milne's original stories since his son Christopher Robin Milne is clearly a sixth grader and 11 years old. The series departs from many of the established facts of Milne's books; for example, Tigger resides in the Hundred Acre Wood from the start and Kanga and Roo are later introduced as newcomers. Neither Christopher nor his mother speak with an English accent, such is the case in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh where Christopher has an American accent. Kessie, the bluebird from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episodes "Find Her, Keep Her" and "A Bird in the Hand" returns as a main character in this series.

Each show begins entering Christopher Robin's bedroom and hearing his mother say "Christopher, time for school." Christopher Robin answers "OK, Mom!", grabs his backpack and leaves. This is where the book with Pooh and his friends in it opens and the theme song begins. The show can be viewed as non-canonical in other ways. For example, Tigger likes, or at least is shown to eat honey (compared with most other adaptations where "Tiggers don't like honey!") and can climb up, but more importantly climb down from trees and Christopher Robin's face is never shown. Plus, in this show as well as The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit lives in a tree, as opposed to living in a burrow in other adaptations.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Paul Tiesler as Christopher Robin
* Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh / Tigger
* John Fiedler as Piglet
* Ken Sansom as Rabbit
* Peter Cullen as Eeyore
* Andre Stojka as Owl
* Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Kessie
* Kath Soucie as Kanga
* Nikita Hopkins as Roo

### Supporting

* Vicki Kenderes Eibner as Christopher Robin's Mom
* Roger L. Jackson as Mr. Narrator

## Puppeteers

* Jennifer Barnhart - Owl / Kanga
* Carol Binion
* Ron Binion - Eeyore
* Matthew Brooks - Rabbit (feet)
* Noel MacNeal - Rabbit (face and mouth)
* Paul McGinnis - Rabbit (left and right arms)
* Tyler Bunch as Tigger (face and mouth)
* Rick Lyon - Tigger (right arm)
* Todd Coyle
* Sophie Doyle
* Vicki Kenderes Eibner
* Jodi Eichelberger
* Eric Englehardt - Winnie the Pooh (left arm)
* James Godwin - Winnie the Pooh (right arm)
* Peter Linz - Winnie the Pooh (face and mouth)
* Jon Ludwig - Winnie the Pooh
* Chris Fields
* John C. Fields
* Preston Foreder
* B.J. Guyer - Piglet (right arm and legs) / Tigger (left and right legs) / Winnie the Pooh (legs) / Eeyore
* Robin Howard
* Eric Jacobson - Piglet / Kanga
* Liz Joyce
* Jim Kroupa
* Tim Lagasse
* Matthew Lavin
* Amanda Maddock - Kessie
* David Martin
* Cathy McCullough
* Anney McKilligan
* John Pavlik
* Barbera Pollett
* John Tartaglia
* Alice Dinnean-Vernon
* Robin Walsh
* Dan Weissbrodt
* Steven Widerman
* Victor Yerrid
* Bryant Young

## Episodes

See Also: List of Book of Pooh Episodes

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## Film

### The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart

The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart is a direct-to-video animated spin-off based on the television series The Book of Pooh. It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was distributed by Buena Vista Television, produced by Shadow Projects and Walt Disney Television Animation and released on both VHS and DVD.

It contains six episodes, each of which focuses on one character. It is wrapped together by a loose plot in which the characters wait in Christopher Robin's room for his arrival. As is typical with the series, each episode features an original musical number. It is a compilation film of footage from the TV series.

## Awards and Nominations

The series received three Emmy Awards nominations and tied with Sesame Street for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series at the 29th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2002.