Winnie still Hot After 78 years

One of the best preschool lines this year is Fisher-Price's Winnie the Pooh. As told in The Playmakers, we were introduced to Pooh and his friends in 1926 when the book Winnie-the-Pooh was written by author A. A. Milne.

The most popular teddy bear of all time, Pooh began his life with the name Edward Bear, named by Milne’s son, Christopher Robin Milne. The story is told that Christopher Robin became enamored with a black bear cub at the London Zoo named Winnie. The bear had belonged to a British soldier who had rescued her, named her after his hometown of Winnipeg, Canada, and later donated her to the zoo. Christopher Robin renamed Edward Bear “Winnie.” The name Pooh came later, courtesy of Christopher’s famous father. The book Winnie-the-Pooh, first published in 1926, secured the popularity of the stuffed toy for generations.

Feeling nostalgic? Head over to Pooh Corner.