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 Pays a Visit (Rabbit) is added to the core cast of the first part: Winnie-the-Pooh, the narrator, and the Piglet. In 1976 Khitruk was awarded the USSR State Prize for the "Winnie-the-Pooh" trilogy. The animation characters, as designed by Khitruk's team, are featured on the and postal stamps; they are permanently painted on a running through the Sokolniki Park, and their sculptures are installed in Ramenki District in Moscow. When Khitruk visited the Disney Studios, Wolfgang Reitherman, the author of "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, told him that he liked