The first time since The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988) television series that the original A.A. Milne books were used as source material except for one other exception in the television series.
The story of Kanga and Roo coming to the forest was previously used for an episode of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988) television series.
The first Winnie the Pooh film to not have a narrator.
Carly Simon wrote seven new songs for the film, while also recording the classic Sherman brothers Winnie the Pooh theme tune. She was accompanied by her children Ben and Sally (from her marriage to James Taylor) on several of the songs.