In the book When We Were Very Young (the same book that introduced Edward Bear), Milne wrote a poem, telling how Christopher Robin would feed the swan in the mornings. The "Winnie" part of the name came from a visit to the London Zoo, where Milne saw a black bear who had been named after the city of Winnipeg, Canada.Īs for Pooh? Well, originally Pooh was a swan, a different character entirely.
Initially, he went by the name of Edward Bear, before changing to Winnie in time for that aforementioned official 1926 debut. In fact, when first introduced by Milne, Winnie wasn’t even Winnie. Milne’s writing clearly struck a chord, and the character’s many subsequent TV and film adaptations have endeared him to an even wider audience.īut why is Winnie called a Pooh rather than a bear? Given that most children (and grown-ups, for that matter) have a different idea of what a Pooh is, how has the name stuck?
Milne published the first official Winnie the Pooh story in 1926, the character has become beloved by children across many generations.
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