New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- LONDON - The first Winnie-the-Pooh book turned 100 on Wednesday, marking a century since A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard brought the honey-loving bear's adventures into a collection that generations of readers have returned to long after childhood.

Published on October 14, 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh drew on the nursery toys and games of Milne's son, Christopher Robin. The centenary is being marked through archive displays, storytelling and celebrations in the landscapes associated with the fictional Hundred Acre Wood.

The date belongs to the first book, not the bear's earliest appearance in print. A Pooh story appeared in the London Evening News on Christmas Eve 1925, according to Lucy Stone, an assistant profes...