There is an alternative animated version of Winnie the Pooh made in Russia in 1969 by the director Fyodor Khitruk. Pooh is more lively than the Disney version - and has a very different character design to Disney (or Shepherd's original illustrations). To be fair to Disney, their Pooh design is closer to the spirit of Sherpherd's illustrations (but can't match the charm of Sherpherd's illustrations).
"When Khitruk visited the Disney Studios, Wolfgang Reitherman, the author of Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, told him that he liked the Soviet version better than his own." [1]
To give a sense of Russian “Vinny Pu”, he was a pleasure to watch for kids and adults alike. There was a running commentary on everything that was happening around him. The fourth wall was occasionally broken.
The closest equivalent to current television’s programming is the Australian show Bluey.
Because it's the one all kids know from books and TV. I wouldn't even know where to look for a book with the original illustrations (I mean, if I spent some time searching hard I guess I could, but that's not the point).
May I recommend the audiobook version with Stephen Fry as Pooh, and an ensemble of other very talented actors? It's on Audible but your local library may have it on CD. I've heard it dozens of times by now and look forward to hearing it again sometime.
