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The Book of Pooh
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The Book of Pooh Title Card
GenreChildren
Puppet
Created byA. A. Milne (Characters)
Directed byMitchell Kriegman
Dean Gordon
Voices ofJim Cummings
John Fiedler
Ken Sansom
Peter Cullen
Andre Stojka
Kath Soucie
Nikita Hopkins
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Opening theme"Everyone Knows He's Winnie the Pooh"
Ending theme"Goodbye for Now"
ComposersBrian Woodbury
Andrew Wyatt
Mitchell Kriegman
Sean Altman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes51 (list of episodes)
Production
Production companiesShadow Projects
Playhouse Disney Original
Original release
NetworkPlayhouse Disney
Disney Channel
ReleaseJanuary 22, 2001 (2001-01-22) –
July 8, 2003 (2003-07-08)

The Book of Pooh is an American television series that aired on Disney Channel. It is the third television series to feature the characters from the Disney franchise based on A. A. Milne's works; the other two were the live-action Welcome to Pooh Corner (to which this series bears resemblance) and the animated The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh which ran from 1988–1991. It premiered on January 22, 2001, and completed its run on July 8, 2003. The show is produced by Shadow Projects and Playhouse Disney .

Overview

The series appears to take place some time after the events of Milne's original stories since his son Christopher Robin Milne is clearly a sixth grader and 11 years old. The series departs from many of the established facts of Milne's books; for example, Tigger resides in the Hundred Acre Wood from the start, and Kanga and Roo are later introduced as newcomers. Neither Christopher nor his mother speak with an English accent, such is the case in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh where Christopher has an American accent. Kessie, the bluebird from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episode, Find Her, Keep Her returns as a main character in this series.

Each show begins entering Christopher Robin's bedroom and hearing his mother say, "Christopher, time for school." Christopher Robin answers, "OK, Mom!", grabs a book and leaves. This is where the book with Pooh and his friends in it opens and the theme song begins. The show can be viewed as non-canonical in other ways. For example, Tigger likes - or at least is shown to eat - honey (compared with most other adaptations where "Tiggers don't like honey!") and can climb up - but more importantly climb down from trees. Plus, in this show as well as The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit lives in a tree, as opposed to living in a burrow in other adaptations.

Episodes

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