Tuesday, Jan. 18, is Winnie The Pooh Day, the date chosen in honor of the birthday of author A. A. Milne. The affable bear has been the hero of countless children's tales about him over the decades.

Today is a day to celebrate a certain honey-loving bear and his friends. (Picture: SHAUN CURRY/AFP via Getty Images) Just over two weeks into January, when everyone is just about getting over the ...

Characters (left to right) Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore, from the animated film, "The Tigger Movie," pose together at the film's premiere February 11, 2000, in Hollywood, California.

• Winnie the Pooh was brought to life on Christmas Eve in 1925 when the first Pooh story, written by AA Milne, was published in the London Evening News. The piece was based on a bedtime story read ...

1. Today is also the 81st birthday of Raymond Briggs, creator of Fungus The Bogeyman and The Snowman. 2. It is also the day on which Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling died in 1936. Article continues ...

Every year Winnie the Pooh fans around the world celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day on the 18th January, the day that his creator, AA Milne, was born in 1882. Whether you choose to celebrate Winnie the ...

In this photo, Voice actors Craig Ferguson (L) and Zooey Deschanel pose with Rabbit, Tigger, Eeyore and Winnie the Pooh at the premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' 'Winnie The Pooh' at the Walt Disney ...