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Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear / Lindsay Mattick ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.
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!
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316324908
- ISBN: 0316324906
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York ; Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
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| Target Audience Note: | 4-8 years AD590L Lexile Decoding demand: 78 (high) Semantic demand: 86 (very high) Syntactic demand: 87 (very high) Structure demand: 85 (very high) Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader 3.4 Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.4 0.5 176655. |
| Awards Note: | Caldecott Medal, 2016 |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marshall Public Library | J 599.7 MAT (Text) | 33391000400947 | Juvenile Non-fiction | Available | - |
Finding Winnie : The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner)
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Finding Winnie : The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner)
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!
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