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We celebrated the 100th anniversary of the publication of A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh by revisiting Pooh, Christopher, Robin, and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. We talked about how Winnie-the-Pooh permeated our childhoods, about Milne’s career beyond his most famous creation, and about the real Christopher Robin Milne’s complicated relationship with his fictional alter ego.

Mentioned on this episode:

Books featuring Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin:

Winnie-the-Pooh (stories, 1926, Simon and Schuster 100th anniversary edition)

When We Were Very Young (poems, 1924)

Now We are Six (poems, 1927)

The House at Pooh Corner (stories, 1928)

Short movies and records: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)

Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear: The Remarkable Life of A.A. Milne and the Legacy of Winnie-the-Pooh, by Gyles Brandreth (2025)

BBC article with a pictures of Christopher Robin next to Winnipeg, aka Winnie, the real-life bear at the London Zoo that Winnie-the-Pooh was named after

Story in The Times about the first appearance of Winnie-the-Pooh in the Evening News on December 24, 1925, with an illustration of the front page featuring the story

Article in The Guardian about the 100th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh, discussing Winnie-the-Pooh and Paddington the Bear

Recommended by Deborah: A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

Recommended by Mary Grace: The Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz

Other Rereading Our Childhood episodes mentioned:

Rereading A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

The podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout at rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com and is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other platforms.

You can find Deborah at deborahkalb.com and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago.

This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.