| − | '''''Winnie the Pooh''''' is a book by [[A.A. Milne]] about a bear "of very little brain", called Winnie the Pooh, and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Among his friends are Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Owl, and Christopher Robin. <ref> [[Winnie the Pooh]], by A.A. Milne, E.P. Dutton, 1926. </ref> Milne wrote a second book about the characters, called ''The House at Pooh Corner''. | + | '''''Winnie the Pooh''''' is a book by [[A.A. Milne]] about a bear "of very little brain", called Winnie the Pooh, and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Among his friends are Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Owl, and Christopher Robin.<ref>Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne, E.P. Dutton, 1926.</ref> Milne wrote a second book about the characters, called ''The House at Pooh Corner''. |
| − | The setting for the stories is based on [[Ashdown Forest]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Sussex]]. <ref>Ashdown Forest [http://www.ashdownforest.org/pooh/winnie_the_pooh.php] </ref> | + | The setting for the stories is based on [[Ashdown Forest]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Sussex]].<ref>[http://www.ashdownforest.org/pooh/winnie_the_pooh.php Ashdown Forest]</ref> |
| | Disney made several popular short films (and recently many other less popular feature-length ones). [[Walt Disney]] personally took part in creating ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' and ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day''. Sterling Holloway was the original voice for Pooh. | | Disney made several popular short films (and recently many other less popular feature-length ones). [[Walt Disney]] personally took part in creating ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' and ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day''. Sterling Holloway was the original voice for Pooh. |