TUSZYN, Poland — Authorities in the Polish town of Tuszyn have blocked a plan to have famed children’s character Winnie the Pooh used as the public face of a local playground because the bear is of ...

Beloved children's cartoon character Winnie the Pooh has been branded an unsuitable role model by Polish politicians. The bear was slated as the namesake for a new park in Tuszyn, Poland, but ...

WARSAW, Poland – Officials in a Polish town have opposed a proposition to name a playground after Winnie-the-Pooh due to the bear's unclear gender and immodest clothing. The matter was debated in a ...

Winnie the Pooh may seem like a harmless enough character, but one Polish council has some strong opinions about why the yellow bear isn't welcome on a local playground. During a council meeting in ...

WINNIE the Pooh has been banned from a playground in Poland after councillors declared his state of undress and “dubious sexuality” inappropriate for children. During a local council meeting in the ...

Winnie the Pooh may seem like a lovable fictional bear, but a Polish town has sen through his headful of bees and innocent love for honey and labeled him as what he really is: A hermaphrodite that ...

This Polish town wants Winnie the Pooh to put some pants on. Tuszyn, near Warsaw, has deemed the children's character an "inappropriately dressed" bear of "dubious sexuality," the Croatian Times ...

Winnie the Pooh’s lack of pants has offended Polish officials into outcasting the bumbling British teddy bear from their playgrounds. Tuszyn councilmembers questioned Pooh’s sexuality and incorrectly ...

A small town in Poland is trying to redefine Winnie the Pooh into something the bear’s creator, A. A. Milne, wouldn’t even recognize: A hermaphroditic, nudist bear created by a disturbed old man.

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Winnie the Pooh may be a beloved storybook character with a famous love of honey but that doesn’t mean ...

Winnie the Pooh — the decades-old childhood character made famous by books, cartoon animation specials and spin-off toys and teddies — has been banned from a Polish playground because of confusion ...

There was outrage, some 50 years later, when a publishing house in Lublin, 100 miles southeast of Warsaw, released an "absolutely awful" translation of the classic. "Children should not read it," an ...