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Gallery of Winnie the Pooh

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Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) is the first volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne. It is followed by The House at Pooh Corner. The book focuses on the adventures of a teddy bear called Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends Piglet, a small toy pig, Eeyore, a toy donkey, Owl, a live owl, and Rabbit, a live rabbit. The characters of Kanga, a toy kangaroo, and her son Roo are introduced later in the book, in the chapter entitled "In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest and Piglet Has a Bath." The bouncy toy-tiger character of Tigger is not introduced until the sequel, The House at Pooh Corner. Portions of the book were adapted from previously published stories. The first chapter, for instance, was adapted from "The Wrong Sort of Bees", a story published in the London Evening News in its issue for Christmas Eve 1925. The chapters in the book can be read independently of each other, as they are episodic in nature and plots do not carry over from one chapter to

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

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Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree was the first featurette, and it leads off the compilation feature. It begins with a live action look at a child’s bedroom, strewn with stuffed animals. Though the toys are Disney-fied versions, it does nicely get across the origin of these tales. A storybook opens to a familiar rendering of the Hundred Acre Wood, populated by the characters from the stories. The storybook trappings charmingly remain as a motif throughout the stories. Christopher Robin begins swinging from a tree right there on the map, followed by other characters coming to life on the page. Piglet seems oddly unrealized in his brief appearance here, due to the fact that he never appears in the rest of this story and therefore his design had not been as nailed down as it would be in the next featurette. The first of several charming songs from the Sherman Brothers begins, a simple but endearing ditty introducing Winnie The Pooh. The story that follows is by now very familiar to me, g

Winnie the Pooh and Piglet

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Winnie the Pooh and Piglet Turkish broadcaster balks at Piglet Turkey's public broadcaster has barred the Walt Disney cartoon Winnie the Pooh because Piglet is one of the main heroes, Turkish press reported last weekend. Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) officials were denying the reports early this week, saying it has not yet decided which Walt Disney series to carry after signing a deal for exclusive rights to the U.S. producer's movies and cartoons. A scary thought — Piglet and Winnie the Pooh may not be allowed on public TV in Turkey. A scary thought — Piglet and Winnie the Pooh may not be allowed on public TV in Turkey. (Walt Disney/AP) "The Walt Disney materials have not been acquired yet... (and) therefore the cartoon Winnie the Pooh does not exist in TRT records and archives," TRT said, according to press service Anatolia. TRT signed a 696,000-euro ($978,576 Cdn) deal for Turkish rights to Disney properties for four years. Instanbul newspaper Cumhuriyet and t

Winnie the Pooh and His Friends

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Winnie The Pooh Winnie the Pooh’s blog would be the kind of blog that would say a lot but never really say anything. You might read each post a hundred times to find the hidden meaning in it. There would be some wisdom in every post but in order to understand it you would always have to look through what is being said. Piglet Piglet is a nice guy, he is just not very sure of himself. His blog would reflect that. Every post would have some form of self doubt and lack confidence. Piglet would never want to offend anyone and in trying to please everyone would not take a stand on much. Tigger Tigger’s blog would never say much of anything, but would say it a lot. Actually Tigger would probably not have a blog, but would be the one most likely to use Twitter. 140 characters is all he would ever need and he could post all the time. Rabbit Rabbit’s blog would be the bossiest of the group. He is the ultimate authority on everything and he would make sure the world would know what his opinion i

Winnie the Pooh Cake

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This Winnie the Pooh Baby and Baby Tigger Cake Kit features an adorable baby Pooh and baby Tigger with edible star confetti! This is ideal for a baby shower or a small childs birthday! Figures only cake and icing not included. Winnie the Pooh Cake Winnie the Pooh Cake

Winnie the Pooh In Russia

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Winnie The Pooh In Russia My wife went to the Soviet Union six weeks before the military coup in 1991. While she was there, she bought a lot of books to bring back with her to the U.S. I discovered this one for myself recently while we were going through our bookshelves to thin out our stock. For some reason, for me Piglet was the first giveaway that these are characters from A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh . The book is more of a booklet, 8 1/2 x 11" sheets that are folded and saddle-stitched (stapled). The paper is Bible-thin and the print quality is poor. The book's single spot color is brown, and all the pictures are brown, and look like they were generated on some sort of early computer or just run through one in the printing process. But they reflect a very different view of Winnie the Pooh than the one we are so familiar with in the United States. Looking at it - especially when being unable to read a word of it - is an interesting study in how visuals can come to

Winnie the Pooh Wall Mural

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This mural was created on a young child's bedroom wall, which re-created the fun and colourful characters of "Winnie The Pooh" using Garry's specialist airbrush skills. As you can see from the above image, the detail of the artwork is absolutely fantastic and really makes these gorgeous characters come to life. Special WINNIE THE POOH wall mural for children's bedroom. Winnie the Pooh Wall Mural