Winnie-the-Pooh

American

[win-ee-thuh-poo] / ˈwɪn i ðəˈpu /

noun

a collection of children's stories (1926) by A. A. Milne.

Winnie-the-Pooh Cultural

A stuffed toy bear who appears in several books for children by A. A. Milne. The characters in the Pooh books are mainly stuffed animals who have come to life. Winnie-the-Pooh has many adventures with the little boy Christopher Robin, his owner.

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Winnie-the-Pooh first featured in the short story The Wrong Sort of Bees published in the newspaper London Evening News on 24 December 1925.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

Milne is best known for his tales of Winnie-the-Pooh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

"The reason Winnie-the-Pooh has lasted a hundred years," he added, "is because it's so beautifully written".

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

He nods and lies down, a Winnie-the-Pooh blanket pulled up close.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

He didn’t look like he was related to Winnie-the-Pooh at all, he was big and gray with hard square-looking fingers.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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