Winnie the Pooh is a fictional teddy bear and the title character from A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). In 1961, Walt Disney Productions licensed certain film and other rights to the characters, stories and trademarks from Stephen Slesinger, Inc. and the estate of A. A. Milne and made a series of animated stories for TV and feature films, based upon Milne's characters and stories.