

Well, in Jan 2022, Winnie the Pooh, was added to the public domain, and works in the public domain are no longer covered by copyright. Milne’s stories could be undergoing so many alterations and changes. From a deforestation awareness campaign, to a low budget slasher film, and now, for the first time in years, a new character is being adding to the forest dwelling crew.

Now, in 2023, Pooh and the gang are being reimagined and used in a wide range of projects. No, the OG Pooh was more hardcore, literally it’s core was stuffed with sawdust, straw and wood wool. This isn’t the red-shirted wearing tubby fluff of a bear we all know and love. Together, in one cage, there was a donkey, a young pig, a tiger, a kangaroo, and a bear known the world over as Winnie-the-Pooh. According to the Smithsonian, the original idea for the popular character came from the New York Public Library children’s section where a posse of stuffed toys dwelled.

Milne in 1926, is still newsworthy almost 100 years later. Somehow, Winnie-the-Pooh, a beloved children’s book written by author A.A.
