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!

Author: Lindsay Mattick
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/20/2015
Pages: 56
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 10.00h x 10.20w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780316324908

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 176655 / Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear


Award: 2016 Caldecott Medal Winner - Picture Book
Award: 2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book - Picture Book Text