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

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner) - Hardcover

by Lindsay Mattick
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2015-10-20Pages:56
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780316324908ISBN-10:316324906UPC:9780316324908Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Books & Libraries, AnimalsBook Topic:Military & Wars, BearsAward:2016 Caldecott Medal Winner - Picture Book Award|2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book - Picture Book Text AwardSize:10.00 x 10.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCSF4QGFZ3
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
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780316324908ISBN-10:316324906UPC:9780316324908Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Books & Libraries, AnimalsBook Topic:Military & Wars, BearsAward:2016 Caldecott Medal Winner - Picture Book Award|2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book - Picture Book Text AwardSize:10.00 x 10.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCSF4QGFZ3
Lindsay Mattick, Harry Colebourn's great-granddaughter, is the vice-president of an award-winning public relations firm. Based in Toronto, she has shared Harry and Winnie's story around the world.

Sophie Blackall is the bestselling and two-time Caldecott medal-winning artist behind Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, Hello, Lighthouse and Farmhouse. She is also the proprietor of Milkwood, a creative retreat for children's book makers. She lives between Brooklyn and a farm in upstate New York.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Awards

🏆 2016 Caldecott Medal Winner - Picture Book Award|2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book - Picture Book Text Award

Contributor(s)

Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)

Author

Lindsay Mattick

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