Editing Kanga (Winnie-the-Pooh) (section)

==Origin==
[[File:The original Winnie the Pooh toys.jpg|thumb|left|The original toys]]
Like many other characters in the Winnie-the-Pooh books, Kanga is associated with a stuffed toy that was an early childhood present to Milne's son, [[Christopher Robin Milne]]. Milne himself noted that after his son got a bear (the future [[Winnie-the-Pooh]]), a donkey ([[Eeyore]]), and a piglet ([[Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Piglet]]), gifted to him on separate occasions by different people, the tiger ([[Tigger]]) and kangaroo were acquired "not just for the delight they might give to their new owner, but also for their literary possibilities".{{sfn|Connolly|1995|pp=77-78}}

Most critics agree that Kanga reflects the British nanny type, possibly the "Nanny" described in Christopher Milne's autobiography, ''[[The Enchanted Places]]''.{{sfn|Stanger|1987|p=48|loc=Note 4}}