Winnie the Pooh Friend » A.A. Milne http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh Friend Tue, 08 May 2012 00:47:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 An Americanized Winnie the Pooh Drawing Criticism http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2012/01/29/an-americanized-winnie-the-pooh-drawing-criticism/ http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2012/01/29/an-americanized-winnie-the-pooh-drawing-criticism/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:14:30 +0000 Winnie the Pooh Friend http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/?p=172 Winnie the Pooh stories originated on British soil.  Disney, an American based company, bought the rights to Pooh and has since created several different movies, television shows, and books `based on the original Winnie the Pooh.   Winnie the Pooh books, according to some critics, has now had too much “Americanism”.   The original work, as some see it, should reflect the same dialect and wording of the original writing by author A.A. Milne.    Book publishers of the new Winnie the Pooh say that they are trying to appeal to a wider audience.    The question does remain to be asked if audiences across the globe and those in the United States like the “Americanism” of Winnie the Pooh.  Original fans of Pooh fell in love with the original Pooh.   Will these fans also embrace a more modern Winnie the Pooh?   That is a question that Disney and all those behind Winnie the Pooh have to be asking themselves as they create new products.

Source:  Time

]]> http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2012/01/29/an-americanized-winnie-the-pooh-drawing-criticism/feed/ 0 Pooh Sticks Goes Successfully This Year http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2011/03/30/pooh-sticks-goes-successfully-this-year/ http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2011/03/30/pooh-sticks-goes-successfully-this-year/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:14:41 +0000 Winnie the Pooh Friend http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/?p=133 Since 1984 people have gathered to play the game Pooh Sticks.  This year’s event was completed successfully; last year the competition had to be canceled due to high water levels.   The event was able to raise a couple thousand dollars for a local charity.   According to the BBC contestants came from New Zealand, Germany and the Netherlands to participate in the Oxfordshire, England game of Pooh Sticks.

Pooh Sticks was first introduced in the Winnie the Pooh stories in the book The House on Pooh corner written by A.A.Milne.

]]> http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2011/03/30/pooh-sticks-goes-successfully-this-year/feed/ 0 Winnie the Pooh Day Across the Globe http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2011/01/20/winnie-the-pooh-day-across-the-globe/ http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2011/01/20/winnie-the-pooh-day-across-the-globe/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:46:36 +0000 Winnie the Pooh Friend http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/?p=113 January 18th is Winnie the Pooh Day and is celebrated throughout the world by Winnie the Pooh fans.    That day is also the anniversary of A.A. Milne’s birthday, the creator or Winnie the Pooh.    A.A.Milne was born January 18, 1882 and although he died over a half century ago his legacy lives on in the wonderful works he created.   It does not matter what generation you belong to, some way or another you have to know Winnie the Pooh.

]]> http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2011/01/20/winnie-the-pooh-day-across-the-globe/feed/ 0 Winnie the Pooh’s North American Roots http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/10/26/winnie-the-poohs-north-american-roots/ http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/10/26/winnie-the-poohs-north-american-roots/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:15:15 +0000 Winnie the Pooh Friend http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/10/26/winnie-the-poohs-north-american-roots/ Lt. Harry Coleburn and Winnipeg the BearWe usually think that Winnie the Pooh originated in England, but that is only partly true. Winnie the Pooh was party inspired by a Canadian Black Bear that live at the London Zoo from 1915 to 1934. The black bear named Winnipeg (Winnie for short) was brought to the zoo by Lt. Harry Coleburn, who was in part of a Canadian cavalry regiment that went to fight in World War I in Europe. A.A.Milne and his son would visit the London Zoo and See the Winnie there. In 2005 the movie A Bear Named Winnie was released that told the true store of Winnipeg.

]]> http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/10/26/winnie-the-poohs-north-american-roots/feed/ 0 Winnie the Pooh Stamp Issued for Royal Mail http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/10/13/winnie-the-pooh-stamp-issued-for-royal-mail/ http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/10/13/winnie-the-pooh-stamp-issued-for-royal-mail/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:44:24 +0000 Winnie the Pooh Friend http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/?p=94 The Royal Mail has issued several stamps that have the image of Winnie the Pooh.   Winnie the Pooh has English roots where he was first written about by A.A.Milne for his son Christopher Robin Milne.    The United Kingdom has always had a beautiful love affair with Winnie the Pooh.  Historical places mentioned in the Winnie the Pooh books receive thousands of visitors each year.  Poohsticks Bridge is even getting more renovations to handle the huge influx of tourists that it receives throughout the year.  Winnie the Pooh’s popularity continues to be high and the stamps of Winnie the Pooh is an example of the enormous fan base that Winnie the Pooh has throughout the United Kingdom and world. 

source: BBC News

]]> http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/10/13/winnie-the-pooh-stamp-issued-for-royal-mail/feed/ 0 Winnie the Pooh Available for Free on iPad http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/04/09/winnie-the-pooh-available-for-free-on-ipad/ http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/04/09/winnie-the-pooh-available-for-free-on-ipad/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:48:04 +0000 Winnie the Pooh Friend http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/?p=49 The new Apple iPad has a lot of cool apps.  One of those apps allow users to read books right off of their iPad.  iBooks is a free app the provides  user with  the ability to download and view books.   Some books are available for purchase and many books are free, including Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne. 

Source: Apple Insider

]]> http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/04/09/winnie-the-pooh-available-for-free-on-ipad/feed/ 0 Winnie the Pooh Creator-A.A. Milne-Happy Birthday http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/01/18/winnie-the-pooh-creator-a-a-milne-happy-birthday/ http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/2010/01/18/winnie-the-pooh-creator-a-a-milne-happy-birthday/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:29:28 +0000 Winnie the Pooh Friend http://winniethepoohfriend.com/WinnieThePooh/?p=43  A.A. Milne was born January 18, 1882.   His legacy and name lives on because of the adorable and hugely entertaining Pooh Bear that he created for his son’s enjoyment.   Milne was born in London, England and his creation of Winnie the Pooh has stretched across the globe.  Pooh, and the many characters from the Hundred Acre woods have been etched into the hearts of generations of kids and adults.    Milne published several books including Winnie-the-Pooh and The House on Pooh Corner.

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