Finding Winnie : the story of the real bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh
Mattick, Lindsay2015
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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.
Main title:
Finding Winnie : the story of the real bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh / Lindsay Mattick ; [illustrated by] Sophie Blackall.
Author:
Mattick, Lindsay, authorBlackall, Sophie, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Orchard, 2015.London Orchard, 2015.©2015
Collation:
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations, portraits (some colour) ; 26 cm.
Awards:
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 2016.
ISBN:
9781408340233 (hardback)1408340232 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
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BRN:
305830