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Finding Winnie

Finding Winnie

The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner)

by Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall
Hardback
Publication Date: 20/10/2015

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A #1 New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the Caldecott Medal about the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh.
In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war.

Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and an even more remarkable journey--from the fields of Canada to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in England...

And finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend: a real boy named Christopher Robin.

Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl

ISBN:
9780316324908
9780316324908
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
20-10-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
265.43x261.62x16.51mm
Weight:
0.54kg
Lindsay Mattick

Lindsay Mattick, the great-granddaughter of Captain Harry Colebourn, grew up thinking of Winnie-the-Pooh as her owngreat-grandbear.

She has shared Winnie's story as a radio documentary, spearheaded an original exhibition, and traveled to the UK to commemorate Harry and Winnie's experience in World War I.

She works at Narrative Public Relations, and lives with her family in Toronto, Canada.

Sophie Blackall

Sophie Blackall has illustrated several children's books and has also animated for TV. Her books include Meet Wild Boars by Meg Rosoff, and Ruby's Wish.

Of Red Butterfly, she says, "It was such a delight to delve into ancient China. From the moment I first read this story, my mind has been dancing with red butterflies and peach blossoms, lotus pools and autumn moons, princesses and secrets." Sophie lives in New York, USA.

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