Winnie-the-Pooh, collection of children’s stories by A.A. Milne, published in 1926. He wrote the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh and its sequel, The House at Pooh Corner, for his son, Christopher Robin, whose toy animals were the basis for many of the characters and whose name was used for the young boy in the books.
While the first Winnie the Pooh story published by author A.A. Milne in 1926 is free for anyone to use for inspiration for new projects, Disney will continue to maintain copyright protection over its own versions of the characters.