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Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear / by Lindsay Mattick ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780316324908 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • PIC MAT 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.M38 Fin 2015
Awards:
  • Caldecott Medal
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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Picture Books MVS Library Children's Room I- Picture Books PIC MAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4006324

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.

Ages: 5+

Caldecott Medal

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