The style of puppetry used in The Book of Pooh (2001) is based off a Japanese style called bunraku.
Most of the show's production staff consisted of the people who worked on Bear in the Big Blue House (1997).
This is the first Winnie the Pooh TV show from Disney where Jim Cummings voices both Winnie the Pooh and Tigger full time since the release of The Tigger Movie (2000) 1 year prior.