![]() ![]() ![]() While her work usually has a strong streak of fantasy, or at least ethereal otherworldliness, she proves that she's equally imaginative at chronicling straight-on reality, too. Do you know the true story of Winnie-the-Pooh Long before Winnie and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood came to life in A.A. It also suits Blackall (A Fine Dessert) to a T. Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner) Hardcover Picture Book, Octoby Lindsay Mattick (Author), Sophie Blackall (Illustrator) 1,567 ratings Teachers' pick See all formats and editions Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Framed as a bedtime story that Mattick tells her toddler son, Cole (who interjects questions such as "Is twenty dollars a lot?"), the book strikes a lovely, understated tone of wonder and family pride. Knowing Winnie couldn't follow him to France, Harry arranged for a new home for her at London Zoo, where a boy named Christopher Robin discovered her, and the rest is literary history. She accompanied Harry to England and became the mascot of the Second Canadian Infantry Brigade. Harry Colebourn, the Canadian veterinarian who set all things Winnie-the-Pooh in motion: while en route to join his unit during WWI, Harry rescued an orphaned bear cub from a trapper (it cost him $20) and named her Winnipeg (Winnie for short), after his hometown. ![]() Mattick is the great-granddaughter of Capt. ![]()
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