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 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