Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh, F.O.P. (Friend of Piglet), R.C. (Rabbit's Companion), P.D. (Pole Discoverer), E.C. and T.F. (Eeyore's Comforter and Tail Discoverer) is an unassuming Bear of Very Little Brain who is fond of composing poetry and eating honey. His best friend is a piglet called Piglet who is not very brave.

During the 1920s A. A. Milne wrote two books about him and his friends. These are Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. Milne also wrote two books of children's poetry which include several poems about Winnie the Pooh, although both books contain poetry on many other subjects of interest to children and adults. These volumes are When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. E. H. Shepard illustrated all four of these books.

In 1961, the Walt Disney Corporation bought film and other rights to the character and made a series of cartoon films about him. The early cartoons were based on several of the original stories . However this is not true of the more recent films and television series which Disney have made. The style of drawing used in the cartoons is similar to that of Shepard's drawings although the storytelling style and characterisation has less in common with Milne's tales.

More recently, 1977, Disney has released the animated feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, introducing a new character named Gopher.

This film does not enter the public domain until 2073.