Bibliograph

Finding Winnie, the story of the real bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh, Lindsay Mattick ; [illustrated by] Sophie Blackall

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Finding Winnie, the story of the real bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh, Lindsay Mattick ; [illustrated by] Sophie Blackall

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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portraitsillustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Finding Winnie

Responsibility statement

Lindsay Mattick ; [illustrated by] Sophie Blackall

Sub title

the story of the real bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh

Summary

Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a vet on his way to tend horses in World War 1, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, and he took her 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 an army base in England...And finally to London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend - a boy named Christopher Robin..

Target audience

juvenile

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