Where did winnie the pooh get his name?
Winnie the Pooh – American icon, but made in Canada (foreign country) http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?… Few Canadian black bears have achieved the literary renown of “Winnipeg,” Captain Harry Colebourn’s pet black bear. Lasting fame came to Winnipeg after a boy – Christopher Robin – and his father – A.A. Milne – saw Winnipeg at the London Zoo. Captivated by Winnipeg, who gave zoo patrons piggyback rides around the zoo and ate treats from their hands, Christopher Robin urged his father to take her home. Instead, Milne transformed Winnipeg into the hero of a classic childhood story, “Winnie-the-Pooh.” This unusual name is a combination of the nickname London zoo patrons gave Winnipeg, and the name of Christopher Robin’s pet swan, Pooh. The Pooh stories describe the explorations of a loveable bear and his friends – Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore – in the innocent world of childhood, demonstrating the value of
