Bear Unknowingly Celebrates Winnie-the-Pooh’s 100th Anniversary by Wandering into a Library and Raiding Its Honey Stash; People, October 17, 2026

Moná Thomas, People; Bear Unknowingly Celebrates Winnie-the-Pooh’s 100th Anniversary by Wandering into a Library and Raiding Its Honey Stash

"A bear made Winnie-the-Pooh proud on the character’s landmark anniversary.

Early on Oct. 14, a black bear wandered into a California library and helped itself to some of the building’s snacks, honey included, on the day the original Winnie-the-Pooh book turned 100.

Security footage released by the Mono County Office of Education shows the furry visitor exploring the shelves of the Mammoth Lakes Library, located in Mammoth Lakes, Calif.

“We can only assume the new Li-BEAR-ian was looking for a copy of Winnie the Pooh, published 100 years ago today!” the office wrote, adding that “the morning visitor politely saw themselves out before staff arrived.”...

A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh was first published on Oct. 14, 1926, introducing readers to a honey-loving “Bear of Very Little Brain.” To mark the centennial, the library is inviting the community, “human members only,” to visit any of its seven branches for a copy of the classic or other bear-themed titles."

In which Winnie-the-Pooh turns 100 and Britain wants its bear back; The Washington Post, October 14, 2026

Steve Hendrix , The Washington Post; In which Winnie-the-Pooh turns 100 and Britain wants its bear back

"Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, a real stuffed bear called Winnie-the-Pooh lived near a small forest in England with a real little boy called Christopher Robin Milne. 

Then Winnie-the-Pooh took a Very Long Trip, because that’s what bears do when Publishers ask, and the Trip turned into a Stay and now he lives in a glass case at the New York Public Library, which very much wants to keep him. 

But today is the day his book, also called “Winnie-the-Pooh,” is turning 100, and some people in Britain who love him very much want him to come home...

“Just like the Greeks want their Elgin Marbles back, so we want our Winnie-the-Pooh back, along with all his splendid friends,” Gwyneth Dunwoody, a Labour member of parliament, said in the House of Commons in 1998."