Finding Winnie: The Story of the Real Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh

by Lindsay Mattick

Sophie Blackall (Illustrator) and Susan Rich (Editor)

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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 Milne. . .

Finding Winnie was the winner of the 2016 Caldecott Medal!

  • ISBN10 1408340232
  • ISBN13 9781408340233
  • Publish Date 5 November 2015
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 2 May 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Hachette Children's Group
  • Imprint Orchard Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 56
  • Language English