A. A. Milne Mickey Mouse. A memorial plaque in Ashdown Forest, unveiled by Christopher Robin in 1979, commemorates the work of A. A. Milne and Shepard in creating the world of Pooh. Milne once wrote of Ashdown Forest: "In that enchanted place on the top of the forest a little boy and his bear will always be playing." In 2003, "Winnie the Pooh" was listed at number 7 on the BBC's poll The Big Read which determined the UK's "best-loved novels" of all time. In 2006, Winnie the Pooh received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking the 80th birthday of
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