Happy Anniversary Pooh

Illustration of the number 75 made out of tiny black bees next to Winnie-the-Pooh floating holding on to a blue balloon on a white background with an outer blue edge with black and white text

2001 marked the 75^th anniversary of the publication of A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh (1926). Milne (1882 – 1956) initially created the character of Winnie the Pooh as part of a bedtime story about his son’s stuffed animals. The stories about the adventures of a boy named Christopher Robin and his toy animals were eventually published in Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). The books were illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (1879 – 1976).