Back Ro (personâǵ) EML Rito (personaje) Spanish رو (وینی پو) Persian Ruu Finnish Petit Gourou French רו (פו הדב) HE Roo Croatian Zsebibaba Hungarian Ճստիկ Ռու Armenian Ro (personaggio) Italian
| Roo | |
|---|---|
| Winnie-the-Pooh character | |
 Roo in the Disney animated version | |
| First appearance | Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) |
| Created by | A. A. Milne |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Kangaroo joey |
| Gender | Male |
| Family | Kanga (mother) |
| Nationality | English |
Roo is a fictional character created in 1926 by A. A. Milne and first featured in the book Winnie-the-Pooh. He is a young kangaroo (known as a joey) and his mother is Kanga. Like most other Pooh characters, Roo is based on a stuffed toy animal that belonged to Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne. Though stuffed, Roo was lost in the 1930s in an apple orchard somewhere in Sussex.[1][2][3]
Roo participates in the adventures of a teddy bear called Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends Piglet, a small toy pig; Eeyore, a toy donkey; Owl, a live owl; Rabbit, a live rabbit; and Christopher Robin, a human boy. Roo is introduced in the chapter entitled "In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest and Piglet has a Bath." Roo's friend Tigger does not appear until the sequel, The House at Pooh Corner. He would subsequently appear in various cartoons and other adaptations.
- ^ The Teacher's Calendar School Year 2006-2007, page 125 (McGraw-Hill Professional 2006): "Piglet, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger were all stuffed animals".
- ^ "The Adventures of the REAL Winnie-the-Pooh". New York Public Library.
- ^ "10 surprising Winnie-the-Pooh facts". The Telegraph. September 8, 2017.