Finding Winnie. The true story of the world's most famous bear by Lindsay Mattick, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Material type: TextPublication details: HarperCollins Publishers Limited 2015Description: 1 volume (unpaged) 27 cmISBN:- 9781443429184
- 9781443429184 (hardcover)
- 599.78/5 23
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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BOOK | Meaford Public Library Junior Collection | Non-fiction | J 599 .785 Matti (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 10/15/2024 | 11540 |
During World War I, Captain Harry Colebourn, a Canadian veterinarian on his way to serve with cavalry units in Europe, rescued a bear cub in White River, Ontario. He named the bear Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war. Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter Lindsay Mattick recounts their incredible journey, from a northern Canadian town to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in England-- and finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made a new friend: a boy named Christopher Robin. Gentle yet haunting illustrations by acclaimed illustrator Sophie Blackall bring the wartime era to life, and are complemented by photographs and ephemera from the Colebourn family archives.
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