Finding Winnie, the true story of the world's most famous bear, by Lindsay Mattick ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
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Finding Winnie, the true story of the world's most famous bear, by Lindsay Mattick ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Language
eng
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photographsillustrations
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Finding Winnie
Responsibility statement
by Lindsay Mattick ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Sub title
the true story of the world's most famous bear
Summary
A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh
Target audience
preschool
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- Colebourn, Harry, 1887-1947 -- Fiction
- Bears -- Fiction
- Milne, A. A., Alan Alexander, 1882-1956 -- Fiction
- Winnie-the-Pooh, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Winnipeg (Bear) -- Juvenile fiction
- Winnipeg (Bear) -- Fiction
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- Colebourn, Harry, 1887-1947 -- Juvenile fiction
- Caldecott Medal, 2016
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject9
- Colebourn, Harry, 1887-1947 -- Fiction
- Bears -- Fiction
- Milne, A. A., Alan Alexander, 1882-1956 -- Fiction
- Winnie-the-Pooh, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Winnipeg (Bear) -- Juvenile fiction
- Winnipeg (Bear) -- Fiction
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- Colebourn, Harry, 1887-1947 -- Juvenile fiction
- Caldecott Medal, 2016
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator1