Burbank, Calif. ¨C Winnie the Pooh, the self-described bear of ¡°very little brain¡± who has charmed generations with his homespun and heartfelt wisdom, is turning 100.
The beloved children¡¯s character ambled into the world in 1926 in a book written by English author A.A. Milne, and illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Now Disney, which acquired the rights to Pooh and his pals from Hundred Acre Wood in the 1960s, is holding a year-long celebration of the slow-witted bear, whose image is found all over the planet, from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe.
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