Sometimes

You just need a little Pooh - and Piglet.

Eeyore

And Tigger

All created by A A Milne for his son Christopher Robin

 According to Wikipedia - Milne is most famous for his two Pooh books about a boy named Christopher Robin after his son, Christopher Robin Milne, and various characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named "Edward", was renamed "Winnie-the-Pooh" after a Canadian black bear named Winnie (after Winnipeg), which was used as a military mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war. "The pooh" comes from a swan called "Pooh". E. H. Shepard illustrated the original Pooh books, using his own son's teddy, Growler ("a magnificent bear"), as the model. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Tigger, were incorporated into A. A. Milne's stories, two more characters - Rabbit and Owl - were created by Milne's imagination. Christopher Robin Milne's own toys are now under glass in New York.

The real stuffed toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne and featured in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. They are on display in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (formerly the New York Public Library Main Branch) in New York.

And I received this as an e-mail this morning from my friend Don.

 "The city of White River, Ontario, population pretty damned small, (although they claim 1000 or so, but then their city limits extend about 10 miles in either direction from the apparent edge of town) claims to be the site where a British officer adopted a black bear cub from a local hunter/trapper/guide.  He took the bear to England, and as your article describes, left it in the care of the London zoo during the war.  White River has adopted Winnie the Pooh as their mascot. 

 They have a large statue in the center of the village square.  They also have a museum with a bunch of stuff.  There was actually a battle with Disney about this, with Disney eventually and grudgingly allowing them to do this.   Attached is a picture of that statue taken when Lucas and I took our motorcycle trip around Lake Superior.  We spent a night in White River."

He enclosed this photo.