Kanga | Winniepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Quotes "Why hello, Tigger dear." Kanga is a fictional character in A. A. Milne 's books about Winnie-the-Pooh . She is a brown female kangaroo-like animal, just like her son Roo . She is also a good friend to Winnie-the-Pooh and all the other residents of the Hundred Acre Wood . She lives with Roo in a house near the Sandy Pit in the northwestern part of the Forest. Tigger later comes to live with them, though only in the original storybooks. In the Pooh Storybooks Kanga and her son, Roo, come the Forest "in the usual way" in Chapter VII of Winnie-the-Pooh. She also appears in Chapter VIII, is mentioned in Chapter IX, and appears again in Chapter X of that book. In The House at Pooh Corner, Kanga appears in chapters II, IV, VII, IX, and X, and is mentioned in a few others. She is the only female character to appear in the books. Like most of the characters in Winnie-the Pooh, Kanga was based on a stuffed toy that belonged to Christopher Robin Milne .

Ernest H. Shepard 's illustrations show Kanga with brown fur on her back and brown fur on her front. Like all female kangaroos, she has a pouch (usually called her "pocket" in the books). Unlike an actual animal, however, Kanga's pocket apparently closes with a button. (The text mentions her "buttoning" and "unbuttoning" her pocket on a few occasions, although no buttons are visible in the illustrations.) Her pocket is apparently large enough for Very Small Animals like Roo (and in one instance, Piglet ) to ride in. Kanga is a sweet, gentle, kind-hearted and motherly character. She takes great care of Roo, and is constantly concerned with his well-being, whether that means trying to keep him out of trouble or giving him his "strengthening medicine" (which is later revealed to be Extract of Malt) after meals. As Piglet describes her, Kanga "isn't Clever", but is so concerned about Roo that she will always be able to take care of him, automatically knowing "a Good Thing to Do" without thinking about it.

She is not without a sense of humor, however, as shown when she not only catches onto the joke that the others are trying to play on her by hiding Roo but then turns the joke back on Piglet by pretending she believes he is Roo. Kanga also comes the nearest of all the Pooh characters to serving the role of a parent to the other characters. She will offer motherly advice - and food - to anyone who asks her. In particular, she immediately "adopts" Tigger when he comes to the Forest, welcoming him into her home, attempting to find him food he likes, and eventually allowing him to live with her and Roo. In the chapters after Tigger moves in, Kanga treats him much the way she does her own son, with kind words, gentle discipline, and even his own version of "strengthening medicine." Kanga likes to keep things clean, and when she feels especially motherly, she likes to count and organize things. She can sign her own name, as she does on the "rissolution" that the animals give to Christopher Robin , but there is no other indication of whether she can read or write. She is known for being lady-like.

Some of Kanga's friends include her son Roo, Tigger, Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore , Rabbit , Owl , and Christopher Robin. In the Disney Pooh Productions History - Winnie the Pooh - Penguin Group (USA) Winnie the Pooh History A Short History of Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh is unarguably one of the most recognizable characters in children's literature, as are his friends: Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, and Owl. Generations of children have loved Winnie-the-Pooh, the Best Bear in All the World. But how did it all begin? Alan Alexander Milne had already achieved modest success as a humorist for Punch Magazine and as a playwright and mystery author. He might never have written for children had it not been for the birth of his son, Christopher Robin Milne, in 1920. Back in 1921, a small stuffed bear bought from Harrods department store was given to Christopher Robin (more often called Billy), from his mother, Daphne.

This bear was called Edward at first, and sometimes Big Bear, or Teddy Bear. The story of how Christopher's toy became knows as Winnie-the-Pooh has two partsWinnie and Pooh. A real bear named Winnie was a popular attraction at the London Zoo. At the outbreak of World War I,a Canadian veterinary surgeon was on his way from Winnipeg to join the second Canadian Infantry Brigade when he bought a bear cub from the hunter who'd shot the cub's mother. The young officer named the cub Winnie (for Winnipeg), and the bear accompanied him to England and became the company's unofficial mascot. When the soldiers left for France, Winnie was left in the care of the London Zoo, and it was there that Christopher Robin discovered her. Winnie was incredibly tame, and on one occasion Christopher was allowed into Winnie's cage to feed her. Although the "real live" Winnie did not like honey, she did have a sweet tooth and reportedly preferred condensed milk to raw meat. The name "Pooh," rather surprisingly, came not from a bear but a swan. In the introduction to hen We Were Very Young, A. A.

Milne referred to the swan in the poem "The Mirror": "Christopher Robin, who feeds this swan in the mornings, has given him the name of 'Pooh.' This is a very fine name for a swan, because, if you call him and he doesn't come (which is a thing swans are good at), then you can pretend that you were just saying 'Pooh!' to show him how little you wanted him." Other stuffed animals joined Winnie-the-Pooh in Christopher Robin's nursery, including Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger, to be precise. Christopher and his mother played with them together, and Christopher invented voices and personalities for the animals that inspired his father. A. A. Milne called Owl and Rabbit "my own unaided work." They were the only two characters drawn not from Christopher's toys but from the natural world near Cotchford Farm, the Milnes' property in Sussex. A. A. Milne's foray into children's literature began with the poem "Vespers." Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed, Droops on the little hands little gold head. Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares!

Christopher Robin is saying his prayers. Milne told his wife, Daphne, that if she could sell "Vespers" to a magazine, she could keep the proceeds. "Vespers" was followed by a couple of other poems. Milne did not originally intend to create more, but while he was on a particularly rainy holiday, Milne got the urge to write, and he completed many of the poems that comprised his first children's book, When We Were Very Young, published in 1924. Milne's British publisher, Methuen, was not delighted with the prospect of publishing a book of children's poems, having expected another detective novel for adults. It was determined that the poetry should be previewed in Punch first, then subsequently published as a book. When Milne sent the manuscript to his U.S. publisher, E. P. Dutton had a similar reaction: "We are all well aware that the most hopeless kind of manuscript a publisher expects to receive is that of poetry for children." Fortunately, Dutton decided to publish it anyway.

The anniversary of Pooh is marked from 1926, with the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh, but Pooh has a significant walk-on role in When We Were Very Young. Not yet known as Pooh, he appears in the poem "Teddy Bear": A bear, however hard he tries, Grows tubby without exercise. The editors at Punch chose one of the magazine's regular artists, Ernest H. Shepard, to illustrate the poems. A. A. Milne was opposed to the idea until he saw Shepard's results. At that point Shepard had not seen Christopher Robin's stuffed animals-his drawings of Pooh were based on the beloved Steiff teddy bear, Growler, that belonged to Shepard's son, Graham. When We Were Very Young was an immediate and huge success. Encouraged, Milne began to work on a collection of stories about Christopher Robin and his bear, called Winnie-the-Pooh by this time. At Milne's insistence, Shepard sketched Christopher Robin's animals from life, including the newly acquired Kanga and Roo. The model for Pooh remained Growler. Ernest H. Shepard's contribution to Winnie-the-Pooh was profound.

Christopher Milne acknowledged this when he wrote years later, "What is it that gives Pooh his particularly Poohish look? It is the position of his eye. The eye that starts as quite an elaborate affair level with the top of Pooh's nose and ends up at as a dot level with his mouth. And in that dot the whole of Pooh's character can be read." A. A. Milne was delighted with Shepard's realization of the characters and, on the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh, inscribed Shepard's copy with a verse proclaiming: When I am gone, Let Shepard decorate my tomb, And put (if there is room) Two pictures on the stone: Piglet from page a hundred and eleven, And Pooh and Piglet walking (157) . . . And Peter, thinking that they are my own, Will welcome me to Heaven. October 14, 1926, marked the simultaneous British and American publication of the first novel about Christopher Robin's bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, by Dutton and the British publisher Methuen & Company, Ltd. Winnie-the-Pooh was another tremendous success.

Critics hailed the book as a masterpiece (with the exception of Dorothy Parker, who found Milne's work affected). Dutton sold 150,000 copies before the year's end. Milne and Shepard went on to collaborate on two more titles: Now We Are Six in 1927 and a companion volume of Pooh stories in 1928, The House At Pooh Corner, which introduced Tigger. Together these four books form the basis of the entire Pooh canon. In the 1940s, Dutton invited the Winnie-the-Pooh and friends collection to visit the United States. Upon their arrival, it was discovered that A. A Milne had sent along Pooh's official, signed birth certificate to ensure his authenticity. The collection of toys was insured for $50,000 and proceeded to embark on an extended tour of the country. In 1956 the toys became permanent residents of the United States, living in the lobby of E. P. Dutton & Co. They returned to England only twice: once for an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum honoring Ernest H.

Shepard's 90th birthday, and in 1976 to participate in Methuen's 50th birthday activities. During the flights from England to the United States, Winnie-the-Pooh was treated as a V. I. B. (Very Important Bear), and he attracted quite a bit of attention in the VIP lounges of Kennedy and Heathrow airports. Whether Pooh and his friends went to inner-city public libraries or upscale department stores, they were always received as distinguished guests. Pooh and friends were removed from the Dutton lobby in 1987 and presented to the Central Children's Room of the Donnell Library Center on West 53rd Street in Manhattan, a branch of the New York Public Library. All four friends were on permanent display in a special climate-controlled case where over 750,000 people visited each year. In 1998, Gwyneth Dunwody, a member of the British Parliament issued a call for the dolls return to England. Politicians including Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Bill Clinton, and Mayor Giuliani couldn't avoid questions from the media on both sides of the pond about where the proper home for the collection should be.

After a few days in the media, the story died down and the collection remains in New York City. In 2008, the dolls were moved to the newly created Children's Room at the main New York Public library branch on Fifth Avenue and 42nd St. In fall 2009, a new permanent display will be built to house the collection. The popularity of Pooh has spread throughout the world and inspired adult works like the best-selling The Tao of Pooh and many children's titles including: cookbooks, board books, cloth books for babies, and a beloved Disney character with its own line of toys, movies, and a television show. Sales of Pooh titles worldwide now exceed 50 million copies. Over 100 Pooh books have been published by Dutton Children's Books alone, and Winnie-the-Pooh has been translated into over 50 languages, including Czech, Finnish, Yiddish, Afrikaans, and Esperanto. The Latin translation, Winnie Ille Pu, made the New York Times bestseller list in 1960 (the first foreign-language book to do so) and stayed there for 20 weeks. The collaboration of A. A.

Milne and Ernest H. Shepard can be counted as proof that art is either a spark of divine intervention or a chance alignment of circumstances. The distinct personality of each character are represented equally through the text and the line drawings and have become inseparable in our collective consciousness. So let us all say three cheers for Pooh-the Best Bear in All the World. Popular Winnie Pooh Stories Dark Side of it All 25 pages Horror Adventure This is a more serious toned, scary version of Winnie the Pooh that will surely ruin your childhood. It's based off the Winnie the Pooh theories. If you haven't heard of it I recommend reading about that first to understand this. [1] What a Handful - You're Such a Handful! Rain fell lightly off the roof of the Phantomhive Manor. The navy haired boy sighed as he read letters from various peoples across the country. "Sebastian," he called for his butler. A groan escaped his lips as the butler did not arrive as soon as he had hoped. Ciel continued to look through the letters and work he needed to complete when a certain letter caught his eye. Carefully, the young earl opened the letter addressed to him in messy handwriting.

The letter was drenched by the rain and looked poorly written, yet intriguing. As soon as the letter was opened, Sebastian walked into You're Such a Handful! 39 pages Fan Fiction Anime/Manga [Ciel x Child!Reader] (y/n) = Your Name (l/n) = Last Name "Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart," - Winnie the Pooh Our Own Baby Bear - Little Bear - Dan X Reader One-Shot Today's the day. The day you tell Dan, your boyfriend of 3 years you're pregnant. You're worried and scared as to how he'll react. Even if he's upset at first, you know the idea you've hatched will win him over. Your plan is to have Dan get the door when your package arrives. What's in the package though, is what will win him over. Inside will be a baby Winnie the Pooh costume you ordered off Amazon. You know that Dan, being Dan will melt at the thought of a baby, his baby, dressed as his favorite childhood cartoon. You smile at the thought as you walk back to the f 2 pages Completed Romance Fan Fiction You are pregnant with Dan's baby.

How else to tell him than with Winnie The Pooh? Day 1 - Yandere Patrick Stump x Reader "(Y/N) wake up!!" screams an unfamiliar voice. "Ungh 5 more minutes." you groan. You feel a hand grab your foot and pull you out of bed. You hit the floor with a thud and your eyes open up to see Pete looking at you with annoyance. "Get up now and get ready I'm going to the studio and I want you to come with me." he says in a rude tone. "Ok, fine." You get ready and wear a Fall Out Boy shirt and throw your (H/C) hair up in a messy bun and you wear blue skinny jeans. "Get your ass down here please (Y/N)!" screamed Pete up to your room. You hurry downs Yandere Patrick Stump x Reader 17 pages Fan Fiction Anime/Manga Fantasy So it starts off as your Pete Wentz's sister and then Partrick does something unforgivable (I made Patrick a yandere but he's actually a really nice person kinda like Winnie The Pooh) will you be found?

A/N" 1 - Hundred Acre Highschool (Various X Reader) [Crossover] I'll be uploading a bio-book soon, so you can see what they look like as humans/anime, for now, just look at the cover/use your imagination! Also, I'm adding in all the characters from My Friends Tiger And Pooh as well as a few others, just to have a more of a variety of characters, also, i'm making Christopher older than Pooh by more than just one year.... okay? Also Piglet is going to be younger than Pooh... even though I think he's technically older... Also, Eeyore isn't an old man in this... but some of the others are quite old though, but most of the main characters ar Hundred Acre Highschool (Various X Reader) [Crossover] 4 pages Fan Fiction Romance (-Human!Toys X Reader X OC) When Christopher Robin take the gang on vacation, they are morphed into humans, after living as humans for years, they finally decide to attend high school, and there, they meet y/n and her friends, another gang of toys-turned-humans from Toy Story!

Prologue - The Opposite *on hold* Oh, and I certainly don't suffer from schizophrenia. I quite enjoy it. And so do I -Emilie Autumn ~ 7 years ago~ The day of my crappy existence. And I get a teddy bear. A goddamn teddy bear. Dammit Mom. I go outside and take my golden teddy bear with me. I place it near the tree and stare at it. It started to move, it blinked it's eyes, it looked at me and said," Hey kid, where the heck is my honey?" The hell? I think too much sunlight entered my eyes...cause the bear was talking... I thought maybe i could just talk with him, be the inoccen The Opposite *on hold* 7 pages Fantasy Christopher Robin suffered from schizophrenia since he was 6 years old. What will happen when Christopher Robin grows up? Will he still live in his fantasy? Steven Universe: Part 1 - Poohs Adventures of Minions 2.0 The Crystal Gems, Peridot, and Lapis were hanging out at the barn one day, they didn't have any creatures to fight so that were relaxing.

Pearl: I really like why you two did to the barn. You really made it look...unique. Peridot: Yeah, some of the stuff is kinda weird, but after you understand what it means, then it's pretty neat! Steven: Hey, Lapis. What are you reading? Lapis: It's a book series called Winnie The Pooh. It's about a bear and his friends that go on adventures. I think it's kinda cute. Steven: Oh. I remember my dad used to read me that series when I was Poohs Adventures of Minions 2.0 3 pages Humor Fan Fiction Anime/Manga When portals mysteriously appear in different universes, the heros of the universes are transported to 1968 New York City, there they begin their journey to Villan Con, meet the Overkills, and save the world....from destruction. Starring characters from Pokemon, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Diabo... the only chapter - Winnie the poohs world ending "POOH! POOOHH!!" Rabbits voice shouted out as he ran across the fields, jumping over rocks and stepping over the plants. Pooh was busy with his hand down his pot of honey.

"Rabbit?" "Pooh!" "What ever is the matter rabbit?" Winnie the Pooh asked with a fistful of honey in his mouth. "Theres something wrong with Eeyore!" Rabbit stopped in front of pooh huffing and puffing. "Oh ..o oh dear...well where is he Rabbit?" He asked, only now dropping his honey pot. "Over here! Hurry!" Rabbit hops of again into the distance, Pooh hurrying to catch Winnie the poohs world ending 5 pages Completed Fantasy Short Stories "She bit me Piglet... its no use...pull the trigger before I hurt you..." not even the 100 acre wood is safe from the end of the world as zombies enter the world. *picture not owned* Master List & Rules (A/N) - Caи'т lιve шιтнoυт yoυ (anιмε oиeѕнoтѕ) Hi, it's Emma/Emmi/whatever. Here is the master list of the anime Stephanie, Cammie, Endra, and I will write.

Black Butler Ouran High School Host Club Fruits Basket Caи'т lιve шιтнoυт yoυ (anιмε oиeѕнoтѕ) 15 pages Anime/Manga Romance Fan Fiction “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without уou.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Anime One-Shots. Will do other fandoms upon request~! Just Like Honey - Just Like Honey *Warning - Tad bit of language...* Have you ever had a dream that screwed with your mind? One that distorted a piece of your childhood forever? I have. And, trust me, it's not something you want to go through. It will fuck up your sanity and make you paranoid as hell. I should explain, right? Well, it was a rainy day in April when my six-year-old son, Phylixx, found one of his Winnie the Pooh movies. He was obsessed with the stories, and imagined himself to be Christopher Robin.

"Daddy," he said, "can we please watch Pooh?" He held the disk out to me expectantly, knowing t Just Like Honey 4 pages Completed Horror Fan Fiction This is an original Creepypasta based off of Winnie the Pooh. Feedback is much appreciated. :) Copyright ©2014 Skylar Woolington All rights reserved Getting Adopted - Adopted By Liam Payne: Twin Edition Louis' POV We had just put glue on the registration lady's spinning chair. But, what we didn't expect was for Simon to sit there. Oh, God we're in so much shît. Man! Liam's POV The boys and I were playing pranks on the registration lady. We put glue on her chair so she'd get stuck. We thought it'd be funny but, it wasn't when Simon sat down. Simon's POV I saw the boys sitting in the lobby giggling to something. Well, that can't be good. I had to use the computer at the front desk, because mine was being mended at the shops. I had just sat in the chair, Adopted By Liam Payne: Twin Edition 32 pages Fan Fiction One Direction Fantasy Simon Cowell is sick and tired of One Direction's immature behavior.

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Lena Lee BlackLove - Trapped Inside A Book Name: Lena Lee Blacklove Nicknames: None (will change later in story) Family: Liza Blacklove (Mother, Dead), Jared Blacklove(Father, Alive), Jacob and Adrienne Blacklove( Younger Twin Brother And Sister, Alive), Luke Blacklove(Younger Brother, Alive), Allison Blacklove(Step-Mother, Alive), Darcy Blackwell(Step-Sister, Alive), Darlene Blackwell(Step-Sister, Alive) Birthday: June 4,1994 Age: 16-17 Species: Human Appearance: Long layered jet black hair, pale ivory skin, blue grey eyes, tall, curvy, pierced ears, septum piercing, long black pointed nails, always wears dark makeup and clothes, scar Trapped Inside A Book 3 pages Fantasy Harry Potter Black Veil Brides Lena always was the daydreamer, hated talking, she was more of a reader and a writer. She loved to write and listen to music. She had many favorite characters from books and stuff, what happens when she gets sucked into her book and finds herself in the world of her favorite books and movies? will s...

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(; I love dancing, draw Stole my heart (zayn malik love story) 5 pages One Direction Romance Fan Fiction If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, So I never have to live without you - Winnie The Pooh Wednesday, February 13th, 9:34 PM - Dear Diary: Dear Diary, Hey. .-. Now, I know this won't be me spilling my heart out. *gag* Ew. I don't bendz that way. So, to change the already awkward subject, let's get started shall we? I like a person. I know what you're thinking. Whoa, people LIKE other people?? [Me: *facepalm*] Oh yes, it's true. Not that he knows I exist, anyway. Well, that's a lie. I've had awkward conversation before. Oh, so awkward. *Insert awkward winky face here.* God, I need to PIPE LE FUCK DOWN. Wheew. Am I bipolar or something? Because I am high on AIR.

All typical diaries start out -- and en 2 pages Short Stories Realistic Some people care too much. I think it’s called love. ღ ~ ღ Winnie the Pooh Natalia Ray - Angel Without Wings [Niall Horan.] Hey I'm Natalia I am 18 years old I love soccer.midfielder and striker. I SUCK I'm in a local team were going to I.F.L (International Football Leauge) n England for the younger persons I'm SO happy because my bestest ever friend are in my team The Perth Jaguars sp? Did I mention I live in Australia? Well I do Im actually quite shy and the insecurest girl in the WORLD no wonder. I've had a couple boyfriends Three actually didn't end well a... Cheater and a Beater actully, there was one ok one then it all ended and he left me on my death bed for a skank. Long story. I L Angel Without Wings [Niall Horan.] 4 pages Fan Fiction One Direction “If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.” -Winnie The Pooh -Favorite Movie is: Saw Series -I have been working for Pepper for 2 years -I have 4 brothers (all older) -I'm part Italian, Columbian, and Russian -I speak Italian, Latin, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, and Bulgarian -I also live with Pepper 1 page Romance Fan Fiction I used to believe in forever. But forever is to good to be true -Winnie the Pooh ~ New Beginnings ~ - Love Bound I began to wake up and started rubbing my eyes. I looked up at the clock which had read 8:45am and I had realized I was going to be late. I grabbed my phone off of my night stand and looked at it bluntly. My mom had blew my phone up with texts. I slowly got up from my queen sized bed and started thinking about last night.

How much fun we all had but I knew that eventually the cops will come for us sooner or later and then I would have to here my mothers mouth about it but I didn't really care because last night's party was awesome and to be honest with you I don't even remember how Love Bound 1 page Humor Romance "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." ~ Winnie the Pooh - I'm Just a Little Black Raincloud... Author's Note: Hello, audience! I have brought you tale of sadness. I should tell you that, I do not own Winnie the Pooh. Such is all. Enjoy, or perish! Wait! After you finish reading this, tell me if you think I should include more chapters of this tale. O.K., now enjoy or perish! The Pooh bear watched as a once small boy wanders off, to find and play with his friends. Oh, how he wishes Christopher Robin will turn back, hug him, and play with their friends, and explore the Hundred Acre Woods. But, it had been a very long time since they had even spoken.

The gentle bear is scared that he I'm Just a Little Black Raincloud... 2 pages Completed Short Stories Fan Fiction Winnie the Pooh has watched Christopher Robin grow, and is happy for him. But what is left for the little yellow bear? The Runt - Hundred Acre Dead Slamming the wooden door behind him, Piglet makes it safely into Rabbit's old home. The air was growing denser and denser by the hour and the skies were no longer the clear ocean blue they usually were, but mixtures of swirling grey on a canvas. The clouds dropped lower than it had ever gotten even on the rainy days when the streams would overflow. Hard breaths were the only thing heard from Piglet's tiny snout. He didn't know what to do anymore. He had only Rabbit's home to check for Pooh since he wasn't at his home. Piglet knew someone still to be confined in the safety 1 page Completed Short Stories Peace and tranquility is ruin by a new plague that has consumed all of Hundred Acre Wood. Winnie-the-Pooh - Summary - Book Drum Review Winnie-the-Pooh relates the adventures of the favorite stuffed bear of the author's son.

Written in the voice of the father-author, it addresses readers through the voice of a father inventing stories for his son. The introduction presents Christopher Robin, the namesake of the author's son, the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh, formerly titled Edward Bear, and Piglet. The bear's name change is a delightful part of the recounting. Following are ten chapters acquainting us with Rabbit and his endless relations, a forlorn donkey named Eeyore, a verbose Owl who knows his scholastic limitations, Kanga and Baby Roo, and a supporting cast comprised of bees and an unseen woozle and heffalump. We are taken into a world of autonomous creatures living in a private wood, each with his own home and whimsical daily doings. Christopher Robin can solve any dilemma, however he does take cues from Pooh when a rescue of a flood bound Piglet is in order. Rather Christopher Robin is about his own business of being alive and pursuing what curiosities may stir him, and the animals follow their inclinations likewise. Decorations, or drawings, in the story were created by the Punch cartoonist and co-worker of the author, Ernest G. Shepard.

Chapter 1 brings us the young child pulling Winnie-the-Pooh behind as he descends the stairs to visit his father in the evening. The author speaks to the reader, telling us what Pooh may be thinking as he is dragged down the stairs. Then, in response to Christopher Robin's statement that Pooh wants a story about himself, the author begins. Chapter 1 relates a story of Pooh and his quest for honey, returning to the story time setting as the little boy heads back upstairs for a bath, dragging Pooh behind. Chapters 2 through 5 each are complete adventures, gradually introducing more characters, with no allusion to the author and the boy and bear at his side. At the end of Chapter 6 we are reminded a father is telling these stories to his son's bear, when the boy asks details about his birthday gift to Eeyore. At the end of Chapter 9 the author includes an aside to the reader. And Chapter 10 ends the same as Chapter 1, with the author describing Christopher Robin bumping Pooh back up the stairs. The animals in the stories have human characteristics and their affectionate interaction echoes the tie between father and son.

Although the book is categorized as a children's book, it also connects with adults. Most six year-olds would require that an adult read it aloud to him or her. A. A. Milne stated in his Autobiography (pps. 285-286), “The animals in the stories came for the most part from the nursery. My collaborator [his wife Daphne] had already given them individual voices, their owner by constant affection had given them the twist in their features which denoted character, and Shepard drew them, as one might say, from the living model ... I described rather than invented them. Only Rabbit and Owl were my own unaided work." 11 Things You Might Not Know About Winnie the Pooh - Neatorama Neatorama • 6 Did you know today is Winnie the Pooh Day in honor of his creator, A.A. Milne’s birthday? If Mr. Milne were still alive today, he’d be turning 130 and he would no doubt be honored to see that his creation is still bringing joy to children to this day.

In honor of Milne and his beloved Pooh Bear, here are a few things you might not know about Winnie and the rest of his pals. Image Via CorneelW [Flickr] His name has changed over the years, but not much. When the first A.A. Milne books came out, he was originally called Winnie-the-Pooh, but when Disney acquired the rights to animate the characters, they dropped the hyphen and the hyphenless title became much more popular. The Pooh stories have broken many book records –even in foreign languages. It has been published in dozens of languages and the 1958 Latin translation even became the first non-English book to be featured on the New York Times Best Seller List and it remains the only Latin book to ever be seen on the list. Winnie the Pooh may seem like a silly name for a bear, but it was the name of Christopher Robin Milne’s real teddy bear, so it became the name of the bear in the books as well.

As it turns out, Christopher Robin named his bear after Winnie , a Canadian black bear that lived at the London Zoo (pictured above in his youth), and a swan named “Pooh” that the family met on vacation. Before the toy was given its famous name, it was originally sold at Harrods with the name “Edward Bear.” As for Pooh the swan, he was actually featured as a character in the same poetry book where Milne first introduced Winnie The Pooh to the world, although he still wasn’t named in one of Milne’s works until a 1925 Christmas story he wrote for The Evening News. Contrary to many rumors, Winnie’s last name is not Sanders. This story was spread because Pooh’s house says “Sanders” over the door, but it is generally accepted that the name was put above the door by the home’s previous resident and that Pooh just never bothered to take it down. Most of the other characters were named after Christopher Robin’s toys as well. That is, except for Owl, Rabbit and Gopher. Owl and Rabbit were created by Milne and illustrator Ernest Shepard solely to add a little more variety to the character list.

Gopher wasn’t added until 1977, when the Disney company added the character to their animated feature, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. You can see all of the real plushies that inspired the characters at the New York Public Library. With one exception –Christopher Robin lost his Roo plush in the thirties, so it is sadly missing from the collection. You can also visit most of the locations from the stories. The Hundred Acre Wood, Roo’s Sandpit, Poohsticks Bridget and the rest are all fictionalized names of real places in the Ashdown Forrest in Sussex, England where Milne bought a country home in 1925. For example, the Hundred Acre Wood is really the Five Hundred Acre Wood and Galleon’s Leap is really Gill’s Lap. Christopher Robin was less than thrilled about the success of his father’s stories. Apparently his grudge started when kids in school picked on him by citing passages from the stories.

As he grew older, he accused his father of achieving success by “climbing on my infant shoulders, that he had filched from me my good name and left me nothing but empty fame.” I don’t know about you guys, but if my dad wrote awesome books about me and my toys, I’d be touched, especially as I got older and realized that if the kids making fun of me used verses from the stories –that they must have been fans of the stories themselves. While Disney maintained Pooh’s classic red shirt look, first introduced in 1932, critics complain that the company has changed the personality and stories too drastically. Strangely, if you prefer your Pooh Bear to be closer to the original, you’ll have to sacrifice the character’s look as his most accurate animation portrayal has been performed by his Russian version. While Russian Winnei’s stories closely follow those depicted in the original trilogy of Pooh stories, he certainly looks drastically different from the illustrations created by artist Ernest Shepard. That's him in the cartoon above, if you couldn't tell. As for Disney, they’re doing just fine with their own take on the bear and his friends.

It turns out the company makes just as much money from Pooh movies and merchandise as they do from the same creations bearing Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto. Image Via parodyerror [Flickr] Of course, Disney hasn’t manipulated the stories nearly as much as a few others have. The character has been used by Benjamin Hoff to explain the tenants of Taoism, by Frederick Crews to satirize philosophical approaches used by academics and by John T. Williams to illustrate the works of popular philosophers including Descartes, Pluto and Nietzsche. Apparently the little stuffed bear might just be one of the best philosophers of our time. As if that weren’t enough, Kenny Loggins even wrote a song based on the cuddly character. He has also left his mark on the real world as well. There are streets in Warsaw and Budapest named after him. And the imaginary sport of Poohsticks, where contestants drop their stick in a stream to see whose will cross the finish line first, is now played worldwide and even has a World Championship match in Oxfordshire. Are you a Pooh fan? Is there anything I left out here? Also, who is your favorite character in the Hundred Acre Wood?

Personally, I love Eeyore, but that's partially because he reminds me of my lazy, mopey dog.

Question: In the Winnie the Poo stories, what is Kanga's baby called?
Answer: ROO