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last updated Dec 11, 2015 07:20AM
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The true story of the Black Bear that inspired the Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
Veterinarian Harry Colebourn purchased the bear cub for $20 off a trapper while he was in route to serve in World War I. He named the Bear Winnipeg, Winnie for short, and she soon became the mascot of his regiment. When she grew too large to travel with the soldiers, Harry helped Winnie find a new home at the London Zoo where she would soon meet a young Christopher Robin and inspire a whole series of books.
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Veterinarian Harry Colebourn purchased the bear cub for $20 off a trapper while he was in route to serve in World War I. He named the Bear Winnipeg, Winnie for short, and she soon became the mascot of his regiment. When she grew too large to travel with the soldiers, Harry helped Winnie find a new home at the London Zoo where she would soon meet a young Christopher Robin and inspire a whole series of books.
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Brian Wyzlic read this aloud to Kevin English and me and Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis and it was magical.
We had a lot of fun doing a Mock Caldecott election with our adult reading group. Unfotunately, this book was not in the stack we read and I wish it had been. I can't remember the last time a picture book moved me to tears but Mattick's story is so beautifully and lyrically told my heart was overflowing by the time I finished it the first time. Blackall's quiet illustrations are perfect for the story - calm and loving and gentle. This one really is a true marriage of text and illustrations. I wa
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I loved this book. It was a sweet biography/ picture book. The illustrations were just amazing. I loved how they included images of actually photos Harry Colebourn
Distinctive! Historical, complex yet simple in its loving treatment of the world's most famous bear. Photo album personalized story.
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I love hard to believe stories that turn out to be based on true stories; and one with a cute bear also - how could you not love it?
Such a fitting ending to Sophie Blackall's turbulent year.
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Lisa Nagel
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