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The Korean government has signed a deal with Disney that will put Winnie the Pooh and other Disney characters onto free terrestrial TV. The Educational Broadcasting Sytstem (EBS) is a free TV channel that provides educational content for the entire family. The deal will mean that... Read more...

A high school in Monroeville, Indiana is planning to build a giant structure made out of donated cans of food. Heritage High School will be building the Winnie the Pooh structure using cans in in the appropriate colours, such as using cans of tomato sauce. The... Read more...

Tshwane University of Technology will be putting on a Winnie the Pooh show at the Breytenbach Theatre, Gerhard Moerdyk Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria. The fun-filled show can be enjoyed by the entire family. The production has been put together by the Faculty of the Arts and is... Read more...

A new Pooh DVD has hit the shops and it's called My Friends Tigger and Pooh Friendly Tails. It continues on from the new TV series with the same name, featuring the new girl character called Darby. Of course, Tigger, Pooh, Piglet and all of... Read more...

As you may have read on Just Pooh, the real stuffed toys belonging to Christopher Robin can be foudn in the Donnell Library, which is part of the New York Public Library. The section is due to close in May, preventing children from accessing the... Read more...

Those living in Ohio can catch a new Christmas play that is about to begin in Beavercreek. A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail is set on Christmas Eve and Eeyore has just lost his tail. The cast includes many Beavercreek residents, including the lead roles of Eeyore, Pooh,... Read more...

The upcoming holiday period features all sorts of great holiday movies and specials. There are two features that will be of particular interest to Just Pooh readers. On Tuesday December 11th, you can catch Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too on ABC and WLS-Channel 7. Watch... Read more...

Our South African readers are in for a treat. To celebrate the launch of the Canal Walk Shopping Centre, there will be a month long Disney Festival. Within Canal Walk, there will be a whole bunch of exciting Disney activities with all your favourite Disney... Read more...

Disney has released a new movie on DVD, just in time for the Christmas holidays. The story is about Pooh and his friends who help a reindeer return back to the North Pole after being tangled in jingle bells. Their journey has it's challenges and... Read more...

A developer going by the name of You Dobbs has created the first Pooh Facebook application. The Winnie the Pooh Likeness Quiz allows you to find out which character you're most similar to. Over 2000 user have it installed are over 400 people using it... Read more...

Now you can wrap up your baby with the new licensed Winnie the Pooh costume set. It includes a printed bodysuit and a Winnie the Pooh headpiece and bib. It's suitable for babies between 3 and 12 months of age. The item is available on... Read more...

Winnie the Pooh is set to come alive once again, but this time in a musical! The silly old Pooh bear from the classic stories by AA Milne is being transformed into a musical play that will be shown at the Pittsburgh International Children's Theater. Pooh... Read more...

The weekend of Saturday and Sunday 13-14th October celebrates Pooh's 81st birthday! Pooh Corner, the tourist shop in Hartfield, East Sussex is celebrating by giving away a free slice of birthday cake for everyone that visits. The shop is in the heart of Pooh Country... Read more...

A new educational toy has been made by Disney. The interactive computer features Winnie the Pooh and his friends. The activity board includes twenty double-sided game cards that provides adventures teaching login, time, letters and objects. The light-up buttons will tell the kid if they've... Read more...

A Just Pooh fan has contacted us so that we can inform our other readers about an exciting opportunity to pick up some superb classic Pooh books from eBay. One of these items is a 1934 edition of 'Winnie the Pooh - House at Pooh... Read more...

A world-renowned Jazz legend has joined a English actor to bring the stories of Pooh to life by combining A.A Milne's children's verse with jazz music. Their vision has been 40-years in the making, delayed by difficulties in being granting permission to perform Milne's... Read more...

Disney is expanding it's retail empire by creating shop-within-a-shop across india. Disney has teamed up with major retail chains such as Big Bazaar to sell their licensed goods. The top selling franchise is Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Products include pencil erasers, rugs, rain-ware, watches and... Read more...

The Mirror, a British tabloid newspaper, will be giving away free Winnie the Pooh CDs in today's newspaper. To claim the CD, readers will be required to cut out the voucher from the newspaper and take it along to any Asda supermarket. The collection includes six... Read more...

A new Winnie the Pooh play is about to begin and the Elite Theater has put out a casting call for actors to come forward for auditions. The play is based on the children's story by A.A. Milne. It will directed by Gai Jones and... Read more...

A website developer has created a new online game that lets you play Pooh's favourite game, Poohsticks. The game is free to play and is improving all the time. Virtual Poohsticks is set in 100 Acre Woods and you're required to pick and design your... Read more...

Ashdown Park Hotel is a beautiful hotel and country club set in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex. They now offer a complete Winnie the Pooh package to cater for a family who want to visit the area that inspired the children's story. The package includes one-nights... Read more...

You can catch Winnie the Pooh and all of his friends in a theatrical play about to begin in Denver. This is the play description; "Winnie the Pooh is Christopher Robin's fat little bear of Very Little Brain, who would like to drift peacefully through... Read more...

Disney's retail arm is set to reach record sales in 2007. Retail sales for the Walt Disney Company has been predicted to grow 13% this year and has almost doubled since 2000. 80% of sales is said to come from Winnie the Pooh and Mickey... Read more...

In a few days time, you'll be able to purchase a new Pooh DVD from Walt Disney Home Video. The collectable 'Friendship Edition' of The Many Adventure of Winnie the Pooh includes three classic feature movies; Honey Tree, Blustery Day and Winnie the Pooh with... Read more...

Ray Erlenborn, who provided the voice of Rabbit, has passed away. Ray was a professional actor and sound effects artist, but was best known for the voice of Rabbit in Disney's version of Winnie the Pooh. He passed away at the age of 92 due... Read more...

Leigh Matthews is the coach for the Brisbane sports team The Lions. Matthews has turned to the children's story Winnie the Pooh in hope to lift the teams morale, after yet another loss. Their recent defeat against Collingwood marks their third straight defeat, but Leigh... Read more...

Winnie the Pooh has been given a new assignment - to provide special comfort and friendship for young children during their hospital stays. Build-A-Bear Workshop has joined up with Disney to send out thousands of make-your-own Winnie the Pooh bears that will be sent to... Read more...

Two rare Winnie the Pooh illustrations recently went under the hammer. £21,600 (over $40,000) was paid by a wealthy individual to purchase Tiggers Don't Like Honey, a picture drawn by the now famous illustrator Ernest H Shepard. A second picture, entitled Pooh visiting in Owl’s... Read more...

A playhouse styled on Winnie the Pooh has won the 6th annual Design & Build contest. The competition featured thirteen teams who were required to design their playhouse in a 2-week period and build it in just 11-short hours. The winning playhouse was designed by a... Read more...

A new puzzle game is set to hit shop shelves on June 1st. Meteos: Disney Magic Screens is a puzzle game that is to be realised on Nintendo DS. The game features all of your favorite Disney characters such as Winnie the Pooh and Toy... Read more...

English police have raided two shops, confiscating piles of novelty bank notes. The currency features photos of famous celebrities and characters, including Winnie the Pooh, instead of the Queens head. This breaks counterfeit laws and Trading Standards had to take action against the company. The... Read more...

A theft has been reported in Dayton. A female entered the East Dayton Tattoo parlour and requested for a tattooed Eeyore on her lower back. The customer offered to pay the $170 bill by cheque, but these were not accepted by the store. She failed... Read more...

The loveable character Winnie the Pooh has been awarded a star on the world famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. Pooh joins other famous Disney characters Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Snow White, who all have their own star. However, there are still less than 20... Read more...

Organising a children's party is getting more and more challenging. Kid's are now increasingly demanding themed parties. It's been reported that Winnie the Pooh and Noddy remain top choices for boys, whilst Cinderella and Snow White are more preferred by girls. To organise a themed... Read more...

Fact meets fiction in Sotheby's forthcoming sale of Children's and Illustrated Books when Christopher Robin's own original copies of the Winnie the Pooh books are offered for sale in London on Thursday, December 12, 2002. Given to him by his author father, A.A. Milne, Christopher... Read more...

Film footage of the real-life Christopher Robin playing with friends dressed as Winnie the Pooh characters has been found - 72 years after it was shot. The clip was unearthed during research for a new BBC documentary celebrating the 75th birthday of the children's books.... Read more...

The world's most famous teddy bear, AA Milne's Winnie the Pooh, is 75 years old. The honey-loving bear's antics have been translated into more than 40 languages including Thai, Hebrew and Braille. Events were held around the UK to mark the birthday on Sunday and... Read more...

This is some old news (from December 2000), but I just received this information last week and I think it is still interesting to mention. Four 70 year-old plasticine figures of characters from Winnie the Pooh, made by the original illustrator of the books, have... Read more...

All public rights of way in East Sussex, including Poohsticks Bridge, reopened on Friday 8 June 2001. Any notices in East Sussex saying a path is closed due to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) precautions can be ignored. The vast majority of countryside sites and attractions have... Read more...

Many paths and open access land in the UK have been closed by an Order under the Animal Health Act 1981 to try and prevent the spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD). East Sussex County Council, along with most other authorities in England & Wales, have... Read more...

He's spent three decades crossing the globe to find the greatest works of art. But it might have taken David Loch's most recent acquisition -- an illustration of a little yellow bear -- to really show Manitobans the big picture. With a vision only an... Read more...

South Africa has just released a 10 part Disney set of phonecards, amongst them are 3 Winnie the Pooh cards. If you would like to purchase this real collectors-item, please email David Levin with your requirements. To view this set or for further information check... Read more...

The White River Historical Society and the community of White River would like to invite you to the 12th Annual Winnie's Hometown Festival in White River, Ontario, Canada, celebrated August 18, 19 and 20 2000. This festival is a tribute to a black bear cub... Read more...

From deep in the Hundred Acre Wood comes an all-new Tigger feature (running time: 1:15) with new songs from the Academy Award-winning team of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The movie, written and directed by Jun Falkenstein, opens February 11th 2000. Winnie the Pooh,... Read more...

The bridge where the "Bear of Very Little Brain" and his friends introduced the world to the game of Pooh sticks opened to the public again on Wednesday. Winnie-the-Pooh's favorite bridge in Ashdown Forest in the southern English county of Sussex has been rebuilt after the... Read more...

Almost eclipsing Disney's own standard characters in popularity, Winnie the Pooh's phonecard series has become Telecom New Zealand's favourite release. That's why Telecom New Zealand released the 3rd part of their Winnie the Pooh series just before Christmas. The new chip cards allow the design... Read more...

The last stick has been cast at the original Pooh Bridge, Hartfield, as work to replace the structure, immortalised by A.A. Milne's stories, will begin early this week. The playground of Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and friends is to be pulled down and replaced... Read more...

East Sussex County Council is to temporarily close the public bridleway to Pooh Bridge, in Hartfield, to enable a replacement structure to be built. Work is planned to be carried out from mid-October and is expected to take about four weeks. The bridge was built in... Read more...

The East Sussex County Council are appealing to U.S. film makers Disney to help save Winnie the Pooh's favorite bridge. Crowds of Pooh fans from all over the world have worn out the old wooden bridge in Ashdown Forest. County Council spokeswoman Jan Wright said: "It... Read more...

The Winnie the Pooh part 2 phonecards have been released by Telecom New Zealand after the fabulous response to the first set last year. Now only 800 sets have been produced - a shorter run than part 1, of which 500 are being sold in... Read more...

A Pooh and Peace Festival, named as "Pooh Friendship Day", will be held on May 16th in Central Hong Kong. Some badges are sold for supporting "CECES", a charity organization. A special collection of five kinds of mini bean bags Pooh, will be sold by... Read more...

The members of the London society Garrick Club have decided to sell the Winnie the Pooh copyright to Walt Disney for another twenty years. The creator of the honey loving bear Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne, left in his will the copyright to five beneficiaries,... Read more...

A.A. Milne's stories need no introduction, they have been loved by generations of children and their parents ever since they were first published in 1926. Disney worked their magic with the original drawings and the result: a fantastic new freshness and vigour giving them an... Read more...

I just received some news about this year's Winnie's Hometown Festival. This festival is celebrating its 10th year, and takes place at the birthplace of the bear, Winnie, who was the inspiration for the name of everyone's favorite teddy bear. It takes place in White... Read more...

There is no indication Pooh and friends will return to England. After the actions of Gwyneth Dunwoody, and the enormous amount of press reports like 'Battle of WaterPooh' (The Express) and the threat of the Sun ("Free the Pooh five or else we kidnap Buzz... Read more...

Winnie the Pooh will appear in the Castle Stage Theater in Disneyland Paris. From the first of April you can see his adventures, together with Christopher Robin, Tigger, Piglet, Owl, Kanga and of course Roo, in 20 minute show at the Hundred Acre Wood. During... Read more...

London/New York- Gwyneth Dunwoody, a British Member of Parliament, has started a campaign to bring back the original stuffed animals of Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet and Kanga to England. These toys, originally belonging to Christopher Robin, were donated in 1987 by E.P. Dutton to the... Read more...

Very popular with Pooh-fans is the Winnie the Pooh stamp-set, released in 1996 by Canada Post. This limited edition stamp-set was issued by Canada Post to commemorate the historical development of this beloved animated character which actually evolved from a real Canadian bear cub. For... Read more...

The complete 1997/98 catalogue of Pooh Corner, with more than 900 items, is now also available online. Or as they prefer to say: "Beamed straight from Pooh Corner to your computer." Order cuddly toys, ornaments, books, cards, and lots more. The catalogue can be viewed... Read more...

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