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Finding Winnie : the story of the real bear that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh /

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-P...

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Main Authors: Mattick, Lindsay
Group Author: Blackall, Sophie
Published: Orchard Books,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Colebourn, Harry, > 1887-1947 > Juvenile literature
Winnie-the-Pooh > Fictitious character > History > Juvenile literature
Colebourn, Harry, > 1887-1947
Winnie-the-Pooh > Fictitious character
Winnipeg Bear > Juvenile literature
Bears > Juvenile literature
Soldiers > Juvenile literature
Bears
Soldiers
Winnipeg Bear
Creative nonfiction
History
Juvenile works
Sophisticated picture books
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. A sophisticated picture book.
Carrier Form: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Awards: Caldecott Medal, 2016
ISBN: 9781408340233
1408340232
Index Number: PZ7
CLC: I712.55
Call Number: I712.55/M444

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