Winnie-the-Pooh "When We Were Very Young" (6 November 1924). Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name on 24 December 1925, in a Christmas story commissioned and published by the London newspaper "The Evening News". It was illustrated by J. H. Dowd. The first collection of Pooh stories appeared in the book "Winnie-the-Pooh". The "Evening News" Christmas story reappeared as the first chapter of the book. At the beginning, it explained that Pooh was in fact Christopher Robin's Edward Bear, who had been renamed by the boy. He was renamed after a black bear at London Zoo called Winnie who got her name from
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh under the title "Winnie the Pooh: Playtime". The following were released under the title "Winnie the Pooh: Friendship". Other releases include the following. Region 1: Between 2002 and 2010, several episodes of the series were released on DVD. Between 2005 and 2006, five DVDs were released as part of the "Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh" series. Each DVD would feature 4 episodes, and sometimes it would include a double-length episode. These DVDs were targeted for preschoolers. The episodes "Honey for a Bunny" and "Trap as Trap Can" were made available as Bonus Shorts on Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with