Winnie-the-Pooh published in 1958, and, in 1960, became the only Latin book ever to have been featured on "The New York Times" Best Seller list. Hyphens in the character's name were omitted by Disney when the company adapted the Pooh stories into a series of features that would eventually become one of its most successful franchises. In popular film adaptations, Pooh has been voiced by actors Sterling Holloway, Hal Smith, and Jim Cummings in English, and Yevgeny Leonov in Russian. A. A. Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, on whom the
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