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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: TextTextPublication details: HarperCollins Publishers Limited 2015Description: 1 volume (unpaged) 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781443429184
  • 9781443429184 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 599.78/5 23
Summary: 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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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK Meaford Public Library Junior Collection Non-fiction J 599 .785 Matti (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 10/15/2024 11540
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J 599 .773 Cassi Gray wolf : a first field guide to the wild dog from the wilderness / J 599 .7809 McAll A bear's life / J 599 .784 Gish Brown bears / J 599 .785 Matti Finding Winnie. The true story of the world's most famous bear J 599 .785 Raum Bears make dens / J 599 .883 Raum Orangutans build tree nests / J 599.371 Raum Beavers build lodges /

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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