A Winnie the Pooh Timeline:

  1882--A.A. Milne is born.1920--His son, Christopher Robin Milne, is born.
 

1921--Edward Bear, the stuffed bear that motivated the tales of Winnie-the-Pooh, is given  to Christopher Robin on his first birthday.
 

1924--"When We Were Very Young," a book of children's verse, is published. (Though Winnie-the-Pooh isn't mentioned, there's a bear in one of the poems that seems quite familiar.)
 

1926--"Winnie-the-Pooh" is published.
 

1956--A.A. Milne dies; at the time of his death, sales of his children's books have reached 7 million.
 

1966--Disney releases its first Pooh movie, a short film called "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree," beginning a great debate between "Classic" Pooh and "New" Pooh among the populace.
 

1973--A new edition of "Winnie-the-Pooh" is published, this time with color illustrations by the original artist.
 

1987--The original stuffed Pooh and friends (except Roo, the baby kangaroo, who was last seen in an apple orchard in the 1930s) are offered to the New York Public Library, where they are put on display.
  

1996--Christopher Robin Milne dies.

Quotable Pooh -an assortment of favorite Pooh quotes.

  Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.--the final sentence of "The House at Pooh Corner"

You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count.
 
If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.

Those who are clever, who have a Brain, never understand anything.

Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

I used to believe in forever . . . but forever was too good to be true.

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

My spelling is wobbly. It's good spelling but it wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

Some people care too much, I think it's called love.

They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.

You can't stay in your corner of the forest, waiting for others to come to you; you have to go to them sometimes.

When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o'clockish.

Pooh knew what he meant but being a bear of very little brain couldn't think of the words.

"Pooh" whispered Piglet.
"Yes, Piglet" replied Pooh.
"Nothing," answered Piglet,
"I just wanted to be sure of you."

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.

Nobody can be un-cheered with a balloon.

 Kanga said to Roo, "Drink up your milk first, dear, and talk afterwards." So Roo, who was drinking his milk, tried to say that he could do both at once...and had to be patted on the back and dried for quite a long time afterwards.