A. A. Milne ashamed to create a Blank Verse Tragedy at the bidding of others." Milne is most famous for his two "Pooh" books about a boy named Christopher Robin after his son, Christopher Robin Milne, and various characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named "Edward," was renamed "Winnie" after a Canadian black bear named Winnie (after Winnipeg), which was used as a military mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war. "The pooh" comes from a swan the young Milne named "Pooh." E. H.
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore The first home video release for "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" was "Winnie the Pooh and Friends", released on VHS in 1984, followed by other releases of this film, including the December 28, 1990 "Walt Disney Mini-Classics" release and the July 11, 2000 "Storybook Classics" release. It has since been included as a bonus feature on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray releases of "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh". (The Blu-Ray edition presents the short in high definition.) The film's plot is based primarily on two A. A. Milne stories: "In which Pooh invents a new game