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Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear Cover Image Book

Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear / by Lindsay Mattick ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.

Mattick, Lindsay, (author.). Blackall, Sophie, (illustrator.).

Summary:

A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0316324906
  • ISBN: 9780316324908
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 x 27 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York ; Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

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Target Audience Note:
AD590L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.4 0.5 176655.

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Subject:
Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Colebourn, Harry, 1887-1947 > Juvenile fiction.
Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956 > Juvenile fiction.
Bears > Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers > Juvenile fiction.
Winnipeg (Bear) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

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  • 132 of 163 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 3 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 163 total copies.
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Marion Library PIC MAT (Text) 37810435747422 Easy Fiction Checked out 08/19/2026
Marion Library PIC MAT (Text) 37810435747430 Juvenile Kit Checked out 08/17/2026
Old Fort Branch Library CAL MAT 2016 (Text) 37810435474415 Easy Caldecott Available -

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