Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Mattick, Lindsay

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
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/20/2015
Pages: 56
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 10.00h x 10.20w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780316324908
Audience: Ages 4-8

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: Caldecott Medal - Winner
Award: Charlotte Zolotow Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/20/2015
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2015
School Library Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 122
Booklist 09/01/2015 pg. 116
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2015 pg. 129
New York Times Book Review 11/08/2015 pg. 33
PW Best Children's Books 11/02/2015 pg. 47
BookPage 11/01/2015
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 46
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/06/2015 pg. 34
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2016
People Weekly 03/14/2016 pg. 54

About the Author
Lindsay Mattick, Harry Colebourn's great-granddaughter, is the vice-president of an award-winning public relations firm. Based in Toronto, she has shared Harry and Winnie's story around the world.

Sophie Blackall is the bestselling and two-time Caldecott medal-winning artist behind Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, Hello, Lighthouse and Farmhouse. She is also the proprietor of Milkwood, a creative retreat for children's book makers. She lives between Brooklyn and a farm in upstate New York.