| Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner) Contributor(s): Mattick, Lindsay (Author), Blackall, Sophie (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0316324906 ISBN-13: 9780316324908 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars - Juvenile Fiction | Books & Libraries - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Bears |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2014041122 |
| Lexile Measure: 590 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 10.2" W x 10" (1.15 lbs) 56 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 176655 Reading Level: 3.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |