Winnie-the-Pooh character Christopher Robin was based. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys – Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger – were incorporated into Milne's stories. Two more characters, Owl and Rabbit, were created by Milne's imagination, while Gopher was added to the Disney version. Christopher Robin's toy bear is on display at the Main Branch of the New York Public Library in New York City. Christopher Milne had named his toy bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear he often saw at London Zoo, and "Pooh", a swan they had met while on holiday. The bear cub was purchased from
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too is a 1974 animated featurette from Disney released as a double feature with "The Island at the Top of the World". It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to "Closed Mondays". It was later added as a segment to the 1977 film "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh". A soundtrack album was released simultaneously and featured such songs as "The Honey Tree" and "Birthday, Birthday." The film, whose name is a play on the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" made