Mattick, Lindsay,

Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear / by Lindsay Mattick ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall. - New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, (c)2015. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

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.



Caldecott Medal, 2016.

9780316324908 9781518115912

2014041122


Colebourn, Harry, 1887-1947 --Juvenile fiction.
Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character) --Juvenile fiction.
Milne, A. A. 1882-1956 --Juvenile fiction.
Colebourn, Harry, 1887-1947 --Fiction.
Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Milne, A. A. 1882-1956 --Fiction.


Winnipeg (Bear)--Juvenile fiction.
Bears--Juvenile fiction.
Veterinarians--Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers--Juvenile fiction.
Winnipeg (Bear)--Fiction.
Bears--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.


Picture books for children.
Caldecott Medal: Winner--2016.

PZ7 / .F563 2015 PZ7