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Celebrating Winnie The Pooh's 90th Birthday

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Winnie the real bear pictured with the Canadian regiment training in England. (Courtesy Mattick Family)
Winnie the real bear pictured with the Canadian regiment training in England. (Courtesy Mattick Family)

Ninety years ago this month, A.A. Milne published his first story about Winnie the Pooh, the much loved children’s book character.

Here & Now celebrates this anniversary by revisiting host Robin Young’s conversation with Lindsay Mattick, who wrote about the bear who inspired Milne in the book, "Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear."

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Lindsay Mattick, author of "Finding Winnie." She tweets @lindsaymattick.

This segment aired on October 21, 2016.

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